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NINTH SERIES. 



No. XVII. JANUARY l!)ll 



I. — Ni/w Ditijs on Grimsct/ and the JS'ortli-east (Uxtst of 

 Tct'lund. By Mary, Duchess of Ijedkokd, F.L.S., 1*\Z.8., 

 H.M.B.O.U. 



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IIavin'g heard that the Ishuul of Grimsey was of interest 

 to ornith()h)gists, I decided to visit it in my yaclit this 

 suniincr (1910). 



Tlioiigh the time at my dis])osal was far too sliort to 

 enahle me to make any specially valuable eontrilnition to 

 what is already known of the birds of that island, the 

 observations made during my brief visit may be of sufHeient 

 interest to be worth placing on record. 



I embarked at luvcrgordon. Twelve hours brought me 

 to Fair Isle, where I had spent such an extremely interesting- 

 time during the s|)ring migration. But that island Ijoasts 

 of few resident birds, and 1 saw nothing of interest in an 

 hour's walk except some White Wagtails, whi(;h were 

 evidently breeding there again. 



A few hours were also spent at 15alta Sound and the 

 Faroe Isles, but time did not allow of any bird-watching. 



I left the Faroe Isl(;s at p.m. on the (Jth of July. The 

 voyage was uneventful, excei)t for coming across a dead whale 

 surrounded by hundreds of Fulmars^ ami for being delayed 



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