APPENDIX : NOS XXX.—XXXII. 35 
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Tue Rep Deer IN ORKNEY. 
[‘ Zoologist,’ vii. (1849) p. 2345.] 
THis animal was in all probability extirpated by man. In the 
Museum at Kirkwall are three or four fragments of antlers, found 
in Pictish towns, in different parts of the country. Its horns are 
very common in the peat. In Shetland its remains are, I believe, 
unknown. 
3 Roxburgh Terrace, Edinburgh, 
November 16, 1848. 
XXXI. 
Tue Ca’ine WHALE [GzrosrocerHALus MELAS]. 
[‘Zoologist,’ vii. (1849) p. 2346.] 
Ir seems to have been a bad season for the inhabitants of Shetland. 
At the time I was there, the herring season nearly over, there 
had hardly been one successful “ca’ing”* or driving of a herd of 
‘‘ Bottle-noses,” as they are there called. 
3 Roxburgh Terrace, Edinburgh, 
November, 1848. 
XXXII. 
OccURRENCE OF THE CoMMON CRANE IN SHETLAND. 
[‘Zoologist,’ vii. (1849) pp. 2352, 2353. ] 
I saw one of these birds on the Mainland of Shetland, on the 
14th of August last*. At that time it was very shy, and my only 
chance of getting a shot at it was spoiled by a Hooded Crow, which 
got up and gave the alarm; but I had a good view of it with my 
glass. I watched it for some time during which it stood with its 
neck raised and the feathers pressed close to the body, just like 
a Heron when alarmed. It flew like the Stork and Spoonbill, with 
the neck stretched out ; the wings did not appear so arched as those 
of the Heron. I had been looking for it several days; but it appears 
1 (Kaa, to chase or drive. Hence a “ Kaaing Whale ” is one that can be driven 
ashore (cf. Edmondston’s ‘Glossary of Orkney and Shetland,’ 1866, p. 55.—Ep. ] 
* [The Egg-book shews that Mr. Wolley was at the time being hospitably 
entertained by Mr. Gideon Anderson, of Hillswick.—Eb. ] 
