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great expense, I am authorized to state that future visitors to Her- 

 moreness will not be allowed to wantonly desti'oy these birds. 



L. Richardson! (shooy). Summer. We obtained specimens in all 

 states of plumage, from the kestrel-marked young to the white- 

 breasted and ringed adult ; but there were differences which it would 

 be premature to allude to at present, pointing apparently to some dis- 

 tinction of species. On dissection the old birds were found to be 

 filled with heath-berries, but the young had fed on fish. 



Procellaria glacialis. Occasional. 



Puffiuus Anglorum (leirie). Summer. Breeds in rabbit-burrows 

 and crevices. 



Thalassidroma pelagica (speney). Permanent. We saw one on an 

 inland piece of water, towai'ds evening, as if about to roost, which, 

 unless the bird was injured, seems strange. 



On reviewing this list we find 36 permanent species, and about 16 

 summer and 25 winter regular visitors ; in all 158, to which a few 

 may still be added. 



W. D. Crotch. 



[T cannot allow this paper to appear in tbe ' Zoologist ' without expressing my 

 res:ret that my correspondent should take no notice of tbe admirable and very careful 

 ' Fauna of Shetland,' published in previous numbers of the ' Zoologist' (Zool. 459, &c.), 

 by the late lamented Mr. Thomas Edmonston. Mr. Edraonston's long residence in 

 Shetland, his zeal and knowledge as a naturalist, and his untimely fate, all combine 

 in demanding this tribute to his memory. — Edward Newman/\ 



Occurrence of the Waxwing (Bombycilla garrula) in Banffshire. — I have just had 

 brought me a very fine specimen of this pretty bird, and very uncertain visitant here. 

 It was obtained on New Year's Day, at Gardenstown, in the parish of Gamrie. 

 Eleven years ago one was procured in the same locality, though under very dissimilar 

 circumstances, the present one having been shot; the other came down a chimney. 

 See Zool. 5267. — Thomas Edward ; Banff", January 5, 1861. 



[The occurrence of the waxwing has been mentioned twice or thrice lately in the 

 ' Field' newspaper, but not in a way that I can venture to quote. — Edward Netvman.'] 



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