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rather paler at the base ; the legs and feet lead-colour. The second 

 specimen, a male, was by far the larger of the two, measuring twelve 

 inches and a half in length, the female being two inches and a half 

 shorter. They were much alike in plumage, but in the male the bill 

 was yellowish at the base ; the legs and feet dark dingy yellow. It 

 was shot on the beach at Baltasound while feeding with some tame 

 pigeons. The stomachs contained small coleopterous insects and a 

 little sand. 



Ring Ouzel. — On the 30th of September, during a strong east wind, 

 a young female ring ouzel was shot at Halligarth. The stomach was 

 full of rowan berries. 



Osprey. — A young male of this rare species was brought to me on 

 the 1st of October, by a Burrafirth man, who had just found it, 

 struggling with a broken wing, upon a piece of rough ground near 

 the sea. The feathers of the head and upper surface were of a much 

 darker brown than those of an adult, their pale yellowish white edges 

 causing a very beautiful appearance, at the same time affording 

 proof of the immature age of the bird. The stomach was quite 

 empty. 



Turtle Dove.— On the 4th of October (wind S.E.), a turtle dove 

 appeared at Baltasound, where it remained nearly a week. 



Redbacked Shrike. — I shot a young male redbacked shrike at 

 Halligarth on the 5th of October. This species is not included in 

 any catalogue of Shetland birds, nor, indeed, can I hear of an 

 instance of its occurrence in any part of Scotland. I have carefully 

 preserved the skin. 



Little Grebe. — The little grebe is never common here, but this 

 winter the number observed has been rather larger than usual. An 

 adult female, shot on the Loch of Cliff, on the 29th of October, is now 

 in my collection. 



Bohemian Waxwiny. — An adult female of this beautiful species 

 was shot at Halligarth by Mr. Thomas Edmonston, jun., on the 30th 

 of October. It armed on the 29th, during a gale of N.W. wind, 

 which had probably separated it from a flock. We made a most 

 careful search in every likely place, but were unable to meet with 

 another example. Upon the secondaries of the left wing there were 

 four of the well-known wax-like appendages, on those of the right 

 wing only three. The yellow tips of the tail-feathers were much 

 paler upon the left side, and the feathers themselves were slightly 



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