BIRDS. 



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Mr. Irvine-Fortescue informs us he saw a pair of birds that 

 he took to be Ospreys, in Hoy, in May 1864 ; they appeared to 

 be hardly large enough for eagles. 



Order 3. STEGANOPODES. 

 Family PELECANIRE. 



Phalacrocorax carbo (.). Cormorant. 

 Ore. = Palmer, Great Scarf . 



The Cormorant, though by no means an uncommon bird, is still 

 far from numerous, and seems to prefer the west side of the 

 islands to the east. 



