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49. Cypselus apus, Linn. Swift.—Wolley records one as seen 
by him at the end of June, 1849; one was captured at 
Westmainshavn on the 2ist June, 1864; and Herr Miiller received 
another on the 24th May, 1871, found dead in the schoolhouse of 
Thorshavn. 
50. Caprimulgus Europeus, Linn. Nightjar.—Herr Miller 
received it in the summer of 1859; on the 25th May, 1871, one 
was shot at Sund; and on the 20th July, 1871, another was taken 
on Skuoe. 
RASORES. 
51. Columba palumbus, Linn. Ring Dove. Native name, 
Digva.—Herr Kreuser, of Eide, informed me that he saw several 
about Eide in the winter of 1871; Miller received one from 
Kalbak, 1st June, 1865; in the middle of November, 1868, many 
were seen at several places in the islands, and several were shot. 
52. Columbia livia, Linn. Rock Dove. Native name, 
Blaadigva.—Is abundant, and remains in the islands throughout 
the year, breeding twice ; but owing to its nesting-places being in 
very inaccessible parts of the cliffs and, generally in caves, difficult 
of access, I did not procure an egg of this species myself. I saw 
a pair of half-fledged young ones on the 14th June, taken on 
Myggenes; most frequently we saw them on the newly-sown 
barley-fields, where they commit a good deal of damage. They 
were numerous and comparatively tame in Swinoe, where I shot a 
couple on a barley-field, with their crops full of that grain; five or 
six others alighted close to me whilst I was reloading the gun. 
58. Turtur auritus, Gray. Turtle Dove. Native name, Tur- 
tuldigva.—Herr Miiller records only two captures of this bird: one 
in July, 1857 ; and another on the 10th October of the same year, . 
from the island of Naalsoe. 
54. Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pall. Pallas’ Sand Grouse.—On the 
8th June, 1868, Herr Miiller received a young bird from Kirkeboe, 
island of Stromoe; on the 10th of the same month, two males from _ 
Kalbak, on the same island: these were shot in the sown barley- 
field, and had their stomachs full of grain. Later, two more were 
seen about Thorshavn; and in the middle of September Herr - 
Miiller saw them himself on Kirkeboe Rein. Thus, within a 
radius of a few miles from Thorshavn, we find that five of these 
birds were either killed or observed. Doubtless many more settled 
throughout the Fxroe Islands, but were not taken notice of by the 
inhabitants. 
