THE ZOOLOGIST. 
THIRD SERIES. 
MAY, 1878. [No. 17. 
Vou. IT.) 
ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE FAROE ISLANDS. 
ComMMUNIcATED By Capt. H. W. FErLpEn. 
Tue following notes are based on information forwarded by 
my valued friend and correspondent, Herr H. C. Miiller, of 
Thorshavn, and relate to occurrences subsequent to 1872,. in 
which year I visited the Froese Group, and recorded in the 
pages of ‘The Zoologist’ my ornithological experiences whilst 
‘ there.* 
Falco esalon.—Miiller mentions finding a nest of the Merlin 
on the 30th June, 1875, containing four young ones. On the 
6th July one of the young was nearly able to fly well, and on 
being disturbed the three others left the nest. The Merlin is 
resident throughout the year in the Feroes. I have compared 
specimens obtained there with a series from other parts of the 
world, and there does not appear to be any peculiar shade of 
colouring in the plumage of the birds said to be resident in those 
islands. 
Turdus pilaris.—The Fieldfare is not by any means a regular 
winter visitor; but on the 6th November, 1874, a flock of thirty 
was seen in the neighbourhood of Thorshavn. 
Turdus iliacus—Redwings generally arrive in the Feroe 
Islands in April and May on their way north, and again in 
September during the migration south. On the 11th April, 1874, 
a large flock numbering some forty individuals appeared in a 
* See ‘The Zoologist,’ 1872, pp. 3210, 3245, and 3277. 
