158 THE ZOOLOGISTY. 
Ptarmigan . A ; . 29 Scoter . . ; , . 20 
Golden Plover : : . 38 Merganser. é : ~ 27 
Ring Plover . ; : wo Gannet . : ; : =e 
Turnstone . : : . & Arctic Tern. : ; . 54 
Phalarope’ . : ; . 65 Kittiwake : ; : apea, | 
Purple Sandpiper . : ; 6 Great Skua 1 
Dunlin . : 5 ada’ Richardson’s Skua . an te 
Sanderling (?) ; : Ste Fulmar . : . d Mae 
Snipe 4 : eae Little Auk 2 
Whimbrel .. ; ; . 42 Black Guillemot 26 
Whooper : . : = tHe Common Guillemot : . 12 
Goose (sp.) . ‘ : ne Briinnich’s Guillemot (?) . 1 
Teal . < ; : ss eh Razorbill . 2.14 
Wild Duck . : : ats Great Northern Diver. ya 
Wigeon ; ; ; e208 Red-throated Diver pad: 
Scaup . : . : et) Sclavonian Grebe . : . 50 
Barrow’s Goldeneye ' aoe! Gadwall . 3 
Harlequin. : : hs) Ducks (eggs with down rouse 
Long-tail  . : : pe i) in by collectors) : aU 
Some of these, of course, we did not want, but they were 
brought in by our collectors. Some few were bought at Akureyri, 
from Herra Hensen, the apothek, or chemist, who had a Rook’s 
skin, killed in the Faeroes, which he thought very valuable, and 
wondered that we did not care to buy it. 
The Gadwall's eggs have only once previously been taken in 
Iceland. The Ducks’ eggs, the last item in the above list, have 
mostly been determined by careful comparison. 
Before leaving Akureyri, 8. cailed upon the Sheriff to satisfy 
the requirements of the law, by being fined for shooting in the 
close season. As S. was not very proficient in Icelandic, nor the 
Sheriff in English, the conversation was carried on in French. 
“You know you have been breaking the law,’ quoth the Sheriff, 
“‘T am very sorry, but we must have specimens of your birds 
in all plumages,” said 8.; “there is a difference of opinion 
about the species of the Ptarmigan.” “I am afraid I must fine 
you nevertheless ; a formal complaint has been made to me, and 
the law states that 50 dre is the penalty for each bird killed in 
the close season. Now, I suppose you have killed six birds 
altogether, haven’t you?” continued the Sheriff, who evidently 
sympathised with the defendant. ‘“ Why, yes,” said S., managing 
to keep his countenance, “‘I should think we must have killed 
