8294 Tue ZooLoGist—NoveEMBER, 1872. 
these birds, the young being considered the choicest dainty amongst 
all sea-fowl. 
136. Puffinus major, Faber. Great Shearwater.. Miiller records 
that it is sometimes seen by the fishermen out at sea during the 
winter, but that it does not nest in the islands. 
137. Procellaria Leachit, Temm. Forktailed Petrel.—Is seen 
at sea near to the islands in summer, but it is not known to breed 
in Feroe. 
138. Procellaria pelagica, Linn. Stormy Petrel. Native name, 
Drunquiti. The principal breeding-stations of this bird are the 
northern island of Fugloe, and Naalsoe, near to Thorshavn. We 
visited this latter island on the evening of the 21st of June. The 
storm petrels nest on the north-east side of Naalsoe, under masses 
of rock and débris that have fallen down from the hill above: on 
every side of us we could hear them making a noise in their holes, 
the note a deep guttural “ Urr—rr—rr—croak—croak—croak,” 
continuously repeated. After considerable labour, and lifting up 
many stones, and heaving some rocks down the hill, we succeeded 
in getting one petrel, a male, and, from the same hole, one egg 
which was broken in the getting out. 
H. W. FEILpen. 
Woolwich. 
Bird-Friends of the Farmer. By Henry REEKs, Esq., F.L.S. 
KnowinG the interest you take in Economic Zoology, and 
especially that portion relating to animals whose existence and 
preservation are decidedly beneficial to mankind, I herewith send 
you a list of inland birds, which, after considerable observation, 
and a life hitherto spent in farming operations, I can safely recom- 
mend as being serviceable to both the farmer and horticulturist. 
In jotting down the following names I have placed them pretty 
much in the order of merit in which they stand in relation to man. 
Rook.—In all light soils, where “ wire-worms” (larve of the 
genus Elater) abound, also those of the Tipule and Noctue, it 
would be almost impossible to grow crops of corn or roots without 
the friendly assistance of the rook. In this immediate neighbour- 
hood, where the soil is cold, strong and heavy, and consequently 
very free from wire-worms, rooks and rookeries are comparatively 
scarce, but from my farm at Thruxton, where the soil is light and 
