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discomfort he may have to endure, he will receive from the kind- 
hearted and contented islanders every attention possible. From 
the best off to the very poorest the stranger meets with unbounded 
hospitality, and their constant anxiety is to forestall his wishes by 
every means in their power. 
RAPTORES. 
1. Pandion haliaétus, Linn. Osprey. Native name, Orn.— 
Herr Miiller records one young bird shot on the island of Suderoe, 
in 1848. 
2. Haliaétus albicilla, Linn. White-tailed Eagle. Native 
name, Orn.—No longer breeds in the Feroe Islands, and is only an 
occasional winter visitant. The boatmen, when passing Tindholm, 
do not fail to point out the rock on which this eagle had its eyrie, 
and to which the child was carried, as related by Landt:—“ The 
mother hastened to the rock where the nest was built, and which is 
so steep towards the summit that the most expert bird-catchers 
have never ventured to climb up it; but the poor woman arrived 
too late, for the child was already dead, and its eyes torn out.” 
Svabo remarks that eagles must have been frequent formerly, as 
its beak was ordered to be given as tax, according to royal 
resolution of the 21st November, 1774. Several names of places 
show this also, as Arnafiord by Ordevig, Arnefiord in Bordoe, &c. 
In Feroe the man who takes the bill of an eagle to the sheriff is 
exempt for life from Nebbetold, or bill-tax. 
- Herr Miiller has in bis collection the leg and foot of one of this 
species which was captured in the winter of 1860, on the island of 
Sandoe, during a severe snow-storm; the bird was crouching 
under, a rock, protecting itself from the wind and snow, when 
observed by a man, who, stealing up, threw himself on the eagle, 
and wrung its neck. 
3. Falco islandus, Gmelin. Iceland Falcon. Native name, 
Falkur.—Is not uncommon during the winter months, but has never 
been known to breed in the Feroe Islands. F.candicans, Gmelin, 
will, I have no doubt, also be found as a winter visitor, when the 
distinction between the two species is better understood. 
4. Falco peregrinus, Linn. Peregrine Falcon. Native name, 
Falkur.—Miiller records one example of this bird killed at 
Kollefiord on the 16th September, 1857. 
5. Falco esalon, Linn. Merlin. Native name, Smiril.— 
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