234 BIRDS. 



Larus glaucus, Fdber. Glaucous Gull. 



Since Messrs. Baikie and Heddle wrote their book one or two 

 more specimens of this gull have been got in Orkney. The 

 late Mr. Eanken shot one on June 22d, 1849, and presented it 

 to the Kirkwall Museum. At page 90 of his Rambles in the 

 Orcades Crichton mentions one shot by Dunn from the carcass 

 of a whale, in or about 1860. Another, in the collection of Mr. 

 Buchanan of the National Bank, Kirkwall, was shot at Sanday 

 by Mr. Barnett, Crown Chamberlain. 



Mr. E. S. Cameron sends us a note of one killed near Kirk- 

 wall in the autumn of 1886 : and Mr. Millais has a specimen in 

 full summer plumage killed at Skaill in April 1880. 



Buckley's keeper shot a fine adult in Rousay on Oct. 10th, 

 1883, and one or two were seen after that, but not many. 



From this it would appear that neither this nor the Iceland 

 Gull, next in order, are such common winter visitants as might 

 have been expected. 



Larus leucopterus, Fdber. Iceland Gull. 



An infrequent winter visitant. We have notices of several that 

 have been shot or observed in Orkney, and we have seen one or 

 two stuffed specimens, both adult and immature, in different 

 private collections. A good many of these have been obtained 

 in the island of Sanday, and, writing in 1888, Mr. Harvey tells 

 us " only a few are to be seen in winter." On July llth, 1883, 

 Buckley saw one adult Iceland Gull on a skerry not far from 

 Kirkwall. Its remaining on the rock after the other gulls had 

 flown away drew his attention to it. 



Rissa tridactyla (L.). Kittiwake. 



Orc.=KitticJc or KittocL 



To enumerate all the breeding stations of the Kittiwake in Orkney 

 would be a waste of time and of no practical utility. They 

 may be said to -.breed in all the islands that have suitable 

 localities for them ; perhaps one of the largest colonies, as well 

 as the best known, being that in the island of Copinsay, where, 



