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of its birds, tlie object of the visit being solely to make the 

 acquaintance of the shearwaters on their breeding grounds, 

 and to them, therefore, the greater part of the short time at 

 my disposal was devoted. A note was carefully taken, 

 however, of every species I chanced to come across, and on 

 showing these memoranda to our Secretary on my return, he 

 was good enough to suggest that they might be of interest 

 to the Fellows of the Society. Had I thought when at Eigg 

 of making such a communication, I would have endeavoured 

 to explore more thoroughly certain parts of the island to 

 which I gave but a cursory glance, such, for instance, as the 

 grounds and plantations around Professor Macpherson's 

 residence, where not a few interesting woodland species 

 would doubtless have been met with. Through the kind- 

 ness, however, of Mr J. J. Dalgleish of Glenborrodale Castle, 

 Ardnamurchan ; Mr Eobert Gray, the Society's Secretary ; 

 and Mr G. Scott, Professor Macpherson's manager on the 

 island, — to all of whom I take this opportunity of conveying 

 my best thanks, — I am enabled to include in the list the 

 species likely to have been overlooked, and doubtless many 

 others also, as well as to submit corroborative evidence of a 

 large part of my own observations. The sources of informa- 

 tion to which I refer are : — 



1. Extracts in the possession of Mr Gray from Journal 



kept by Dr A. C. Stark, Eastbourne, Sussex, who 

 landed on the island in April 1879. 



2. MS. list by Mr J. J. Dalgleish of the birds observed by 



him on the island in the end of May and beginning 

 of June 1879. 



3. Supplementary list sent to Mr Dalgleish in January 



1880 by Mr A. F. Joass, Contractor, Dingwall 

 (brother of the Eev. Dr Joass of Golspie), of species 

 not in ISTo. 2, which he had observed in the course of 

 frequent visits to the island during the five years 

 1875-79. 



4. Communications, both verbal and by letter, to myself 



from Mr Scott, Professor Macpherson's manager. 

 Of published material there is not much to refer to. A 

 quaint reference to the solan goose in Dean Munro's account 



