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many as 3000 young birds " being taken, " being more than 

 double the number whicli are got from the Bass Eock in the 

 Firth of Forth, where in some years not more than 800 are 

 obtained/' We only observed the Gannet at sea, as also did 

 Barrington. 



Somateria mollissima (Linn.) — Eider Duck. — Very abundant 

 as observed by all the parties. Barrington has the note, 

 " very few male birds observed." This species has spread 

 and increased marvellously throughout the Outer Hebrides 

 within our recollection, and we hope at another opportunity 

 to trace its steps of advance more minutely, dating back for 

 a considerable number of years. 



Eecords of Rarities Exhibited or Reported to the Royal 

 Physical Society of Edinburgh in 1885. 



(Continued from Vol. VIII., pp. 498, 499.) 



Migration Report No. 8 in preparation. 



