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nest or young ; but I was not " captain of the watcli," and 

 the wliistle sounded punctually at 6 o'clock p.m., the hour 

 at which promise had been made to return on board. The 

 weather was settled, a gentle easterly land-breeze was just 

 commencing, and there was a scarcely perceptible haze to 

 the westward. Besides the Whimbrels, I saw one pair of 

 Eiuged plover — another addition to the Eona list — also evi- 

 dently breeding, and many Oystercatchers amongst the broken 

 ground of the Puffin slopes. 



Having left the island, we steered for Stornoway. We 

 stayed late on deck, and turned in reluctantly at 1 A.M. ; we 

 awoke at 7 a.m. next morning in the harbour of Stornoway, 

 with half a gale of wind shrieking outside, and mingling its 

 uproar with the unearthly moans and caterwaulings of the 

 tug-steamers and other small steam-craft. Why the latter 

 do this hideous thing concerned us not, except in so far that 

 we would fain have rested more tranquilly than was ]3er- 

 mitted to us to do. 



Taking Mr Swinburne's list as a basis, and adding thereto 

 our own observations and those of Mr Eichard M. Barrington, 

 who visited Eona in 1886, and stayed three days on the 

 island, viz., between June 29th and July 1st, inclusive, we 

 now place the avi-fauna on the following footing : 



Saxicola c&nanthe — the Wheatear, included by Swinburne. 

 — Seen not uncommonly by us in 1885, flitting about amongst 

 the cairns of gathered stones — perhaps three or four pairs, 

 perhaps less. One bird seen by Barrington, who thinks it 

 was breeding. 



Motacilla luguhris (Temm.) — Pied Wagtail. — One specimen 

 was seen near the stone hut catching blue-bottle flies on dead 

 Shags {fide W. Williams).^ 



Motacilla raii, Bonap. — Yellow Wagtail. — One female shot. 



Anthus ohscurus (Lath.) — Eock Pipit. — Observed by Swin- 

 burne, and commonly by ourselves and E. M. Barrington, 

 who obtained a nest. 



Anthus ijratensis, Linn. — N"oted by Swinburne ; not seen 

 by us, nor included by Barrington. 



Passer niontanus (Linn.). — Not seen by Swinburne nor by 



^ One of Mr Barrington's party. 



