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garden near Thorshavn, belonging to Mr. Hansen, where they 
remained until the 26th of the same month. 
Caprimulgus europeus.—The Nightjar is a rare and uncertain 
straggler to the Feroes. Miiller informs me of an example being 
captured on the 28th June, 1874. Three instances of its occurrence 
have been previously recorded. 
Columba palumbus.—A single Ring Dove was obtained on the 
23rd May, 1874. 
Turtur auritus.— The Turtle Dove is a very uncommon 
straggler to the Feroes. <A single example was ‘observed flying 
about the neighbourhood of Thorshavn during the latter part of 
June, 1873. 
Vanellus cristatus.—The Lapwing has hitherto been recorded 
only as a spring and winter visitant; but on the 2nd July, 1875, 
a pair of these birds hatched out four young ones in the neigh- 
bourhood of Midvaag. Miiller remarks that this is the first known 
instance of this species breeding in the Feroe Islands. 
Scolopax rusticola.—Previously only one occurrence of the 
Woodcock had been recorded; but on the 11th and 16th January, 
1873, single birds of this species were seen on the hill between 
Kirkeboe and Thorshavn. 
Pagophila eburnea.—\n January, 1873, an adult Ivory Gull 
was procured on the island of Nalsoe, and another from Sandoe in 
February of the same year. 
Larus glaucus.—This species was very abundant in the Feroes 
during December, 1876. 
Larus leucopterus.—A single example of the Iceland Gull was 
seen by Miiller in the winter of 1876. 
Stercorarius pomatorhinus.—From August to October, 1873, 
as well as in 1874, the Pomatorhine Skua was numerous. 
Stercorarius parasiticus.—Buffon’s Skua is recorded by Miiller 
as having been numerous between August and October, 1873. 
This species has not been found breeding in the Fzroe Islands. 
Fratercula arctica.—In 1874 the number of Puffins killed on 
the island of Vaagoe amounted to 70,000, and on the island of 
Myggenes to 80,000 during the same season. 
Puffinus griseus.—Miiller informed me of the capture of one 
of these birds, a female, on the 4th August, 1873, which I recorded 
in ‘The Zoologist’ for 1875 (p. 4495), under the name Puffinus 
Juliginosus, on his authority. On the 26th October, 1876, a 
