The Summer Birds of the Summer Islands. 47 



almost redeemed from ugliness by the yellow iris, which 

 grows in abundance on their margins. 



Mr Harvie-Brown visited Priest Island on 4th July 1884, 

 on which occasion he observed eighteen different species of 

 birds. So far as I am aware, this contribution, which 

 appeared in the Transactions of the Norfolk and Nor inch 

 Naturalists' Society/, is the only account of the avifauna of 

 the Summer Islands which has hitherto been published. 

 The following list of the birds observed in these islands in 

 June last by my friend the Eev. Mr Bonar and myself may 

 therefore be of some smaU interest. It does not, of course, 

 by any means profess to be complete, even so far as the 

 islands visited by us are concerned. We did not land on 

 Tanera More, the largest island of the group, for the reason 

 that it is inhabited, and therefore little likely to afford good 

 results to an ornitholooist. 



In company with Mr Bonar I visited Priest Island, 

 Glasleacbeag, Eilean Dubh, Horse Island, and Carn-nan- 

 Sgeir. After I had returned south my companion visited 

 Bottle Island, Carn Deas, Sgeirean Glasa, Glasleac Mor, 

 Eilean Fada Mor, and Tanera Beg. We had fully deter- 

 mined to spend a night on Priest Island, with the object of 

 trying to discover whether or not the Stormy Petrel breeds 

 there ; but our landlord could not be persuaded to give us 

 the services of the ghillies or the use of his boat for such a 

 purpose, and we had therefore to abandon the project. 



1. TuRDUS Musicus, Linn. 



(Song Thrush.) 



One or two seen on Priest Island by Mr Harvie-Brown. 

 We failed to observe the bird when we visited that island, 

 thougjh no doubt it still breeds there. 



2. Saxicola genanthe (Linn.). 



(Wheatear.) 



Found nesting on every island visited by us. At least 

 three pairs breed on Priest Island. 



