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series of photographs, with which he has obliged me,* some 

 of them taken while the young Gannets were being driven 

 preparatory to their slaughter. He learnt from the men 

 that the value to them of a young Gannet was 35 ore 

 {= 4|d.), but the feathers were of no value. 



I have spelled the names of these islands in accordance 

 with the Admiralty Chart of 1897 ; two of them at any rate 

 are the same islands as Faber speaks of — Brandten or 

 Brandt, f and Sulusker, but Professor Newton considered 

 Geldingasker to be distinct from, though near to, Geirfu- 

 glasker.J Professor Newton supplied the references, and 

 also a map of the islands, taken from the steamer in which 

 he passed them, but at some distance. 



Eldey Island. — Hjalti Jonsson, the master of an Icelandic 

 fishing vessel, who has ascended the steep stack called Eldey, 

 has told my obliging correspondent Mr. P. Nielsen, of Eyrar- 

 bakka, that when he was there it was quite covered with 

 Gannets' nests. This is the same Jonsson who took two 

 of the eggs in the late Professor Newton's collection. § 

 Jonsson says the Gannets are far more numerous here than 



* Nine days after his visit about 3,000 Fulmar Petrels were taken, and 

 the total for the year 1898 was over 24,229 Fulmars (Annandale, t.c.) 



t " Isis," 1824, p. 790. 



J " Isis," 182G, p. 710. 



5 See " Ootheca Wolleyana," II., p. 458. 



