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Petrel, and not wishing to leave the country without ob- 

 taining some of them also, I proceeded on the 26th (July) 

 to Scallaway, the second town, in point of importance, in 

 Shetland ; it is situated on the west side of the mainland, 

 and is five miles from Lerwick. I took with me two men 

 to carry the luggage, and arrived there at night. Having 

 in the early part of the summer seen several of the Stormy 

 Petrels flying about in the neighbourhood of some islands 

 lying a few miles off Scallaway, I determined upon visiting 

 them, as I considered that would be the most likely means 

 of obtaining some specimens, more especially as it was now 

 their breeding season. In the morning I landed on the 

 islands, which we diligently searched for a length of time 

 without success. 1 was about leaving the fourth island, on 

 which, near the beach, many loose stones were collected, 

 when I was arrested by a cry coming from among the stones, 

 and knowing it to proceed from some bird the note of which 

 I was a stranger to, I summoned our force, and proceeded 

 to remove them in such a manner as to leave no place of 

 retreat. We continued our labours for two hours, when I 

 at length found the little creature whose cry had struck me, 

 and to my gratification it proved to be a Stormy Petrel; it 

 was sitting on its nest, which was composed of a few loose 



