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of information, and to give most careful attention to the 

 verification of the notes made in previous years. The 

 schedules from the lighthouses which have passed through my 

 hands on their way to Mr. Eagle Clarke for incorporation in 

 the " Migration Reports " have been also a fruitful source of 

 knowledge ; while Mr. W. Macgillivray of Eoligary, Dr. John 

 McRury of Barra, Mrs. Piatt (tenant of the deer-forest of the 

 Park), Mr. Andrew Mct^lfrish of Loch Maddy, Messrs. A. and 

 A. C. Chapman, with many other sportsmen and naturalists, 

 have done me the greatest service in forwarding full accounts 

 of their observations in the group. Many old friends among 

 the proprietors and their factors have also been kind enough 

 to further my investigations, which have extended almost up 

 to the present time. 



It only remains for me to mention the visits paid to the 

 lonely Rockall in the North Atlantic in the s.s. ' Granuaille ' 

 in 1896 *, when the following twenty species of birds 

 were noticed : — Sula bassana, Tringa alpina, Numenius 



phceopus, Sterna minuta, Sterna ?, Larusfuscus, L. argen- 



tatus, L. canus, Rissa tridactyta, Stercorarius catarrhactes, 

 S. pomatorhinus, S. parasiticus, S. crepidatus, Alca torda, 

 Uria troile, Fratercula arctica, Fulmarus glacialis, Puffinus 

 gravis, P. griseus, and Procellaria pelagica. 



I. List of Species new to the Outer Hebrides since 1888. 

 Name. Locality. 



Barred- Warbler {Sylvia nisoria) Barra. 



Subalpine Warbler {S. subalpina) St. Kilda. 



Wood- Warbler {Phi/lloscopus sibilatrix) . North Uist. 



Sedge- Warbler {Acrocephalus phragmitis) Barra. 



Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) . . Barra. 



Waxwing {Ampelis garruld) Storuoway. 



Red-breasted Flycatche^ (Muscicapa 



parva) Monach lales Lighthouse. 



Siskin ( Chrysomitris spinus) Barra. 



Goldfinch ( Carduelis elegans) North Uist and P Mingulay. 



Greenland Redpoll {Linota rostrata) . . Barra (3 specimens). 



Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra) Barra. 



Carrion-Crow {^Corvus corone) N.Ui8t(Mc^^m/«) (first shot). 



* Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. xxxi. pt, iii. pp. 66-75, pis. ix.-xi. 



