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peft to the corn, that the farmer is obliged 

 to fet boys to guard it from their attacks. 

 Wild geefc are fcarce known even to alight 

 in the Orkmes. Tame gecfe and ducks very 

 rare in the iflands. 



Er. tool II. 451. 

 Br. Tool. II. 4s2. 



TS not known to breed in Orkney. 



Br. Zool. II. 4^4. Tour Scot- tab. I. 



Er. Lacha I'ochlamiach. Dunter goofe in the Orhiiej. 



"OREEDS in Collonfa, Barra, in the Flan- 

 ^^ nun^ and other ides-, alfo in Inch-colm 

 in the Firth of Forth. 

 thro' ignorance of the 

 be robbed twice of the eggs and down, and 

 the bird will repair it's lofs each time ^ but 

 they muft be fpared the third. We procure 

 the down from Iceland and Ncrzvay, and pay 

 a confiderable price to foreigners for it. 



The down ncgleclcd 

 liue : the neft might 



liO Velvet. 



Br. Zool. II. 456. iv. tab. 85. 



211 Scoter, 



iBr. Zool. II. 457. 



212 Tufted. 



