Fauna of Shetland. 7343 



cousin supposed to be an oddly-marked dunlin ; he fired and the bird 

 rose, but seeing me dropped on a sheet of water, and commenced 

 swimming : after admiring it for some time we provoked it to fly, 

 when I shot it. 



Anser ferus and A. segetum. Winter. 



A. albifrons. Occasional, winter. 



A. leucopsis. Winter. 



A. brenta. Winter. The " Horra goose," from Horra Sound, where 

 it is very numerous. 



Cygnus musicus. Winter. 



Anas tadorna. Occasional. 



A. acuta. Winter. Not uncommon. 



A. boschas. Permanent. 



A. querqnedula. Summer, occasional. 



A, crecca. Permanent. I shot several in August, in capital con- 

 dition. 



A. Penelope. Winter. 



A. moUissima. A few remain to breed. 



A. spectabilis, A. fusca and A. perspicillata. Occasional. 



A. ferina. Winter. 



A. marila. I have this species recorded as occurring in summer 

 occasionally, but I doubt its breeding in Shetland. 



A. fuligula. This species also appears to have occm-red in summer. 



A. glacialis (calloo). The duck of Shetland, occurring in large 

 flocks on the numerous voes or inlets. 



A. clangula. Winter, but it is supposed that some remain during 

 summer. 



Mergus serrator. Permanent and plentiful, but shy. 



M. merganser. Autumn ; breeding in Orkney, if not in Shetland. 



Podiceps cornutus. Winter and spring. Rare. 



P. minor. Winter. 



Colymbus glacialis. Winter, and sometimes permanent. 



C. arcticus. Has become very rare. 



C. septentrionalis (rain goose). Permanent, but much diminished 

 in numbers. 



Uria troile (longie) and U. Brunnichii. Permanent. 



U. lacrymans. Guillemots with the bridle mark occur, which, I 

 suppose, are to be called U. lacrymans. 



U. grylle (tyrtie). Permanent. The whiter plumage was assumed 

 this year by October, but not quite universally. 

 . U. alle. Winter. 



