3254 - THE ZooLocist—OcrToBER, 1872. 
Feroe Islands. Every considerable piece of fresh water is tenanted 
by a pair or more. I found a brood of five on Toftvatn, 4th June, 
1872, that had not been hatched more than a couple of days. 
91. Querquedula circia, Linn. Garganey.—Herr Miller has 
an adult male of this species in his collection, killed lately in 
Feroe. Landt mentions it under the head of “ Anas circia. The 
summer teal. A small delicate duck, one of which I had in my 
possession. It was the only one I ever saw in these islands, and 
was shot on Leynumvatn, in Stromoe.” 
92. Querquedula crecca, Linn. Teal. Native name, Andt.— 
According to Landt it is seen chiefly in spring, in small flocks, 
which search for their food on some parts of the sea-coast, as at 
Kirkeboe and Hunsastoe, in Midvaag. Wolley makes no mention 
of it in his account of the ‘ Birds of the Feroe Islands.’ Miiller 
records it, and on the 5th May, 1863, an old male was shot out of 
a flock of seven near Hoivig. I did not meet with it in my tour 
through the islands, so I fancy it must be sparingly distributed as 
a breeding species. 
93. Mareca penelope, Linn. Wigeon. Native name, Andt.— 
Miiller mentions that he has seen several examples of this bird, and 
had sent three to the museum in Copenhagen. I think that this 
bird not unfrequently breeds in Feeroe, for I saw a male which was 
killed in Leinumvatn in the end of May, 1872, when in company. . 
with a female, and on the L1th of June I saw three pairs on a lake 
near Eide, Osteroe. We were not fortunate enough to procure a 
nest. 
94. Somateria mollissima, Linn. Eider Duck. Native name, 
Eava.—The eider duck is exceedingly abundant throughout all 
the islands, and is protected by law, the penalty for shooting one 
being a fine of a rix-dollar; but I am afraid the law is not strictly 
enforced, for some of the fishermen in the North Isles told me they 
shot them for food whenever they got a good chance. On Kirke- 
boeholm, Stromoe, they are preserved by the owner of the islet, 
for the sake of the down, and about two hundred pairs nest there 
yearly. The production of down as an article of commerce is but 
little attended to in Feroe. Miiller mentions having found this 
bird nesting on the top of the island of Hestoe, at an altitude of 
a thousand to twelve hundred feet. I may add that I have taken 
a nest in the Shetland Islands, placed in the midst of knee-deep 
heather, at least five hundred feet above the sea-level. In the 
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