THE ZooLocist—NoveMyer, 1872. 3289 
informed me that in the winter of 1862 and 1863, he received a 
‘beautiful adult killed near Eide, Osteroe; also a live one from the 
same locality, which lived in captivity for six months. 
124. Larus canus, Linn. Common Gull. Native name, 
Ujslandsmaasi.—Miiller records it as a spring visitant, and remarks 
that he has seen several examples of it. I did not notice it dnring 
my tour through the islands. 
125. Larus islandicus, Edm. Iceland Gull. Native name, 
Valmaasi.—Herr Miiller informs me that on the 4th of September, 
1870, he observed an old bird of this species on Naalsoe: the adults 
are seldom seen in the islands, but the young are well-known as 
winter visitants. 
126. Larus fuscus, Linn. Lesser Blackbacked Gull. Native 
name, Likka.—Arrives in ‘the beginning of April, and leaves in 
September. It is very abundant throughout the islands, nesting 
on the ground in the vicinity of lakes, and also on the fells; its 
eggs are much sought after by the inhabitants. Herr Miiller 
informs me that it is the only one of the gulls that he has seen 
feeding at midnight. In 1869 he first observed this bird on the 
~ 14th of April, in 1870 on the 18th of April, and in 1872 on the 6th 
of April. This bird is a robber of eggs, and the whimbrel and 
oystercatcher wage war against it whenever it approaches the 
vicinity of their nests. 4 
127. Larus argentatus, Brunn. Herring Gull. Native name, 
Fiskjimaasi.—It remains the whole year round in Feroe: it is by 
no means as abundant as the preceding species; indeed, during my 
tour, I saw few of them. I noticed a breeding-plate of this species 
in the cliffs between Saxen and Westmanshavn. 
128. Larus marinus, Linn. Great Blackbacked Gull. Native 
name, Svartbeakur.—Is resident and not uncommon. I did not 
observe this bird nesting in colonies as it does in the Shetlands 
and in the Outer Hebrides. On the occasions that I detected this 
bird sitting on its eggs, the nest was invariably placed in most 
inaccessible spots, sometimes on the peak of a lofty drang, 
surrounded by the sea, always by itself. It is a great robber in the 
Fuglebergs, and is taxed as a bird of prey. 
129. Larus glaucus, Brunn. Glaucous Gull. Native name, 
Maasi.—Svabo writes that this bird was unknown in Feroe before 
1756, which was a bad year in Iceland. It now arrives late in 
autumn and disappears in the beginning of February. The Larus 
glaucus, Brunn., of Landt, evidently refers to the herring gull. 
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