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85. Bernicla canadensis, Linn. Canada Goose.—A fine adult 
example of this bird was killed near Kirkeboe, island of Stromoe, 
on the 4th November, 1866: it measured thirty-seven inches in 
length. 
86. Bernicla leucopsis, Bechst. Bernicle Goose. Native name, 
Brangaas.—EKarly in June, 1864, a male was shot at and lamed on 
Great Dimon: Herr Miiller secured it and sent it to the Zoological 
Gardens in Copenhagen; it lived well on corn. On the 20th 
November, 1867, a male was shot at Kirkeboe, flying with tame 
geese ; and again on the 30th January, 1868, a female was shot at 
Kirkeboe. 
87. Bernicla brenta, Steph. Brent Goose. Native name, 
Helsingagaas.—Is a spring and autumn visitor to the Feroe 
Islands. I received the skin of a fine adult specimen of this 
species, killed at Qualvig, island of Stromoe, during May, 1872: it 
does not, however, breed in the islands. 
88. Cygnus musicus, Bechst. Hooper. Native name, Sveanur. 
—Landt writes, “Swans are seen in these islands in flocks early in 
the spring and late in the autumn. They remain some time in the 
bays and fresh-water ponds, where some of them are shot every 
year.” Wolley writes, “ Wild swans bred by tradition in two 
places in Feroe, each called Oknadal, from this circumstance.” In 
the spring they are now seen on their migratory flight to Iceland, 
passing over the Feroe Islands, where they sometimes alight for a 
few days; in the autumn they return in smaller parties, on their 
way to more temperate regions. 
89. Anas acuta, Linn. Pintail. Native name, Andt.—Landt 
writes, “It is very scarce in Feroe, and is perhaps nothing but a 
bird of passage, which sometimes rests itself in these islands.’ 
Miiller, writing in 1862, says that it is sometimes seen during 
summer, and suggests that it breeds in some instances: in this 
supposition he was correct, for in June, 1871, a nest of this bird 
with nine eggs was taken on 'l’oftvatn, a lake in the island of 
Osteroe: the nest and eggs are now in that gentleman’s collection. 
I saw these birds on several occasions, and as late as the 2lst 
May, I noticed six pairs of them on Halsavatn, island of Sandoe : 
they were evidently mated, but I must add that when I revisited 
this lake in June they were no longer there. 
Anas boschas, Linn. Wild Duck. Native name, Vidldunna.— 
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