$250 THE ZooLocist—OcrosBer, 1872. 
ery. I understand that they do not emigrate from Feroe during 
winter in any appreciable numbers, but in hard frosts collect in 
immense wisps along the line of sea-coast. It is singular that the 
jack snipe (Scolopax gallinula) should never have been noticed in 
the Feroe Islands. 
75. Tringa canutus, Linn. Knot. Native name, Grealingur. 
—Is a spring and autumn visitant. We did not meet with it 
during our tour through the islands. 
76. Tringa alpina, Linn. Dunlin. Native name, Graagrea- 
lingur.—The dunlin is a common enough bird in spring throughout 
the Feroe Islands, but not nearly so numerous a breeding species 
as I have observed it to be in the Outer Hebrides. Though we 
searched diligently on several occasions, in places where these 
birds were evidently breeding, we did not succeed in finding a nest 
with eggs in it. Wolley records it in his list of birds found 
breeding in the islands. 
77. Tringa maritima, Brinn. Purple Sandpiper. Native 
name, Fjadlmurra.— Pairs of these interesting birds are to be 
found breeding throughout the islands, but they appear to be most 
abundant on Sandoe, from whence | received most of the eggs I 
procured. I only found one nest myself, and that was on the 20th 
of May, when walking over the fells between Thorshavn and 
Nordedhal. I almost placed my foot on the hen bird, which then 
fluttered off the nest, pretending to be broken-legged and winged ; 
indeed the poor thing employed every artifice to draw our attention 
from her eggs: she succeeded in deceiving our guide, who ran 
after her and tried to catch her: I stopped the chase, which would 
otherwise have proved a long one, by shooting the bird. Returning 
to the nest I found four eggs lying in a little hollow scooped out 
of the scanty moss which clothed this alpine region; a few dried 
sprigs of moss composed the lining of the nest. The fells on this 
date were deep with snow in the sheltered spots, and the tops of 
the hills were white. The purple sandpiper was frequently seen by 
us along the shore, sometimes singly, often in company with others 
of its species, as well as with dunlins and turnstones, feeding at low 
tide on the small shells and animalcule left on the sea-weed. It 
is remarkably tame, and will allow a person to approach it within a 
few feet. Wolley remarks, “ We found it breeding on the summits 
of the mountains in small numbers: young just fledged at the end 
of June.” 
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