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scapulars and upper half of the back dull olive-green, the central line 

 of each feather stained with dusky gray ; lower half of the back, 

 including the upper tail-coverts, yellow, the central line of most of the 

 feathers also stained with dusky gray. 



Tail feathers black, the tips and outer webs uarrowlv, and the inner 

 webs broadly, edged with pale yellow ; the central pair'of feathers have 

 least yellow, and the shafts of all are black. 



Wing,.~Th\vd quill very little shorter than the first and second 

 which are equal and the longest in the wing; coverts of the primaries' 

 black; those of the secondaries and tertials greenish yellow at the lip 

 black at the base, the two colours forming a double bar across the' 

 wmg; lesser coverts similar in colour, but the black bases are nearly 

 concealed ; in the first three primaries the outer web of each is 

 narrowly edged with greenish yellow quite to the tip, the inner web 

 broadly edged with white nearly to the tip ; secondaries, tertials and 

 remaining pnmaries similar in colour to the first three primaries, but 

 with the addition of a yellowish white patch near the base of the outer 

 web ; all of the quills have black shafts. 



Under Surf ace. —Thwixt, front of neck and upper part of the breast 

 yellow, the concealed portion of the feathers lead-gray ; the yellow 

 gradually fades into white towards the lower part of the breast; 

 abdomen » hite; sides and under tail-coverts white, with some scattered 

 stains of yellow and a few large streaks of black. 

 Tarsi, leet and claws light reddish brown. 



The second specimen, also a male, was far less brightly coloured, 

 but the measurements were the same as those given above. 



Little Auk.— On the 15th of December, during an extremely heavy 

 westerly gale, a living specimen of the little auk was picked up on the 

 hill of Vallafiel, among the heather. It was a male and in very good 

 condition, but the stomach was quite empty. 



January and Febkdaey, 1866. 

 Glaucous Gull.— -lam not sure when the glaucous gulls arrived, but 

 the adults seem to have remained with us for even a shorter time 

 than usual this winter. A very fine immature male, which had just 

 been caught upon a cod-hook baited with a piece of fish-liver and 

 thrown out for the purpose, was brought to me on the 10th of 

 Jaimaiy. 



Shag ami Longiailed Duck.— Th^ flocks of shags reached their full 

 size about the middle of January, after which rime they began to 



