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I was forced reluctantly to come to the conclusion that the 
men were right—there was not a trace of a “Lyrie” there. 
Nor could I find anyone who had any recollection of the 
bird ever having nested on the Skerry. 
69. Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)—A bird of this 
species was shot by Laurenson, of Lerwick, at Voe of Dale, 
near that town, on 10th June 1890. It was killed while 
picking up something on the hillside, by a long shot with 
one of Johns’ automatic shrapnel shells, and proved to be 
a female in very poor plumage and condition, the stomach 
containing nothing but a few larve, which it was probably 
obtaining when shot. This seems a most unlikely bird to 
meet with in Shetland in June. The last occurrence was in 
1862, as recorded by Saxby. 
70. Pied Wagtail (Motacilla lugubris)—This species was 
omitted by mistake from my former paper; but in 1884 I 
saw a single bird near Lerwick in June, and I am informed 
that a nest containing eggs was found “about three years 
ago” at Cleekahimin Loch, about a mile from the town of 
Lerwick. 
71. Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) ?—I insert this species 
with a query, for I have not been able to obtain positive 
assurance of its occurrence; but the chirp of a sparrow, which 
had a nest in a ruined cottage near Sandness, seemed to me 
to be very like that of this species. 
72. Jackdaw (Corvus monedula).—The jackdaw is some- 
times seen in the islands in spring and late summer, but has 
never been known to breed there. I believe it has only one 
breeding station in Orkney. 
73. Sand Martin (Cottle riparia).—This, like the fulmar, 
seems to be a new colonist. Howard Saunders, in his 
“Manual of British Birds,” p. 159, says: “In 1887 Mr A. 
H. Evans ascertained that it nested near Lerwick, in the 
Shetlands, where it had not previously been known to 
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74. Pallas’s Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus).—During 
the great invasion of 1888, Shetland was visited by a con- 
siderable number of sandgrouse, a flock of thirty being 
.observed in the vicinity of Lerwick, and numerous other 
