APPENDIX. 



SHAPINSAY. Mr. Monteith-Ogilvie found Eock Pigeons, Eock 

 Pipits, Herring Gulls, Guillemots, Black Guillemots, Eazorbills, 

 Puffins, and Shags breeding in the rocks of the island. We mention 

 this here, as, having other places of greater interest to visit, we never 

 found time to go over to this island. Mr. Eanken also informs us 

 that there are grouse (? migrants only) on the Gait point of Shapinsay, 

 though not in any quantity, as there is only a very limited area of 

 heather, but this is well sprinkled over with their marks. 



While on the subject of Grouse, we may mention that Mr. Eanken 

 made special inquiries about their existence in Burray from the natives, 

 and in a letter dated June 7th, 1890, he says: "I have inquired 

 from Burray people as to Grouse there, and I am informed that they 

 have been seen in Hunda, the west portion of Burray, (and) which 

 becomes a separate island at high water, for the past 30 years, a few 

 coming over probably from Flotta or Hoy, remaining as visitors for a 

 time, and frequently a pair or so remaining to nest. Hunda is nearly 

 all short heather." 



Cervus tarandus, L. Reindeer. 



In the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 

 New Series, vol. iv. p. 447, there is a notice of a piece of a Eein- 

 deer's horn found near Skaill by Mr. Watt. Through the 

 kindness of this gentleman we were enabled to submit the 

 specimen to Professor Boyd Dawkins for examination, and he 

 informs us that it must be referred to the Eed Deer. The 

 palmation of the horn alluded to is very striking, but we have 

 seen instances of this in the present Eed Deer (though, of 

 course, on a much smaller scale) when looking over the very 

 large number of heads which are annually sent for preservation 



