6 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Hirundo rustica, L. — Swallow. Observed a pair at Bernera, 

 Loch Roag. 



Passer do7nesticus. L. — House-Sparrow. Only observed at 

 Stornoway. 



Linota cannabina, L. — Linnet. Observed, but not often. 



L. Jlavirostris, L. — Twite. Common. 



Emberiza miliaria, L. — Corn-Bunting. Very common. 



E. schoeniclus, L. — Reed-Bunting. Only observed once. 

 Sturnus vulgaris, L. — Starling. The most abundant bird 



around Stornoway and on Loch Roag. 



Corvus monedula, L. — Jackdaw. Observed at Stornoway. 



C. corax, L. — Raven. Occasionally seen on Loch Roag. 



C comix, L. — Hooded-Crow. By far too plentiful. 



C. frugilegus, L. — Rook. A rookery of over thirty nests now 

 (June, 1902) in full swing in the woods around Stornoway Castle. 

 Until a few years ago the bird was unknown except as a straggler 

 driven by stormy easterly winds to the Lewis. 



Alauda arvensis, L. — Sky-Lark. Fairly plentiful. 



Cuculus canorus, L. — Cuckoo. Occasionally heard. 



Accipiier nisus, L. — Sparrow-Hawk. Only seen once. 



Falco peregrinus, Tunstall. — Peregrine Falcon, — The most 

 plentiful of the Raptores, took a nest with young from Uig in 

 1892. A nest or two may be got every year from the Old Hill, 

 and probably a nest or two from each of ^he eight or nine Flannan 

 Islands, where, in the millions of Puffins, Razor-bills, and 

 Guillemots, the supply of food is abundant. 



F. aesalori, Tunstall. — Merlin. Occasionally observed. 

 F. tinnuncidus, L. — Kestrel. Only observed once. 

 Phalacrocorax carbo, L. — Cormorant. Not plentiful. Shot at 



an albino of this species in 1896 at the Flannan Islands, but 

 failed to get it. In September, 1900, a bird shot on Loch Roag 

 was sent to me under the impression that it was the same bird, 

 but it proved to be a young female whose ovary contained three 

 eggs size of No. 8 shot, and over thirty not larger than herring 

 roe. 



F. graculus, L. — Shag. Abundant, perhaps twenty times 

 more numerous than F. carbo. 



Sula bassana, L. — Gannet. Frequently seen fishing on Loch 

 Roag in the nesting season, although their nearest nesting- 



