418 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



The shallows of the coast are often visited by Arctic Terns 

 (Sterna macrura), and less frequently by some Common Terns 

 (S.fluviatilis), but neither species has nested there. Although eggs 

 of the Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) were obtained on the east side 

 some eighteen years since, we cannot positively state that it now 

 breeds with us ; it is certainly numerous all summer. Numbers 

 of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) nest at Grulin, and the 

 Lesser Blackbacked (L.fuscus) and Common Gulls (L. canus), 

 are also very common. The Great Blackbacked Gull (L. marinus) 

 breeds at Grulin and on the lochs at Scuir in some seasons. In 

 August it is not unusual to see a few Blackheaded Gulls (L. ridi- 

 bnndus), chiefly immature birds. We have not observed any of 

 the Stercorariina, nor have we obtained any Petrels, though the 

 late Mr. R. Gray received an example of Thcdassidroma leachii 

 from Eigg. Passing over the Manx Shearwater (Pujiiius 

 anglorum) which has been recently dealt with at some length 

 (p. 372), the Divers that frequent our shores are chiefly Alcida. 

 Small parties of Razorbills (Alca torda) and Guillemots (Uria 

 troile) fish in the sound ; cream coloured varieties of the latter 

 occur. Black Guillemots (Uria grylle) nest in the rocks below 

 Grulin; it is interesting to watch them feeding their young. 

 There is no nesting-place of the Puffin (Fratercida arctica) in 

 Eigg, but its presence on the coast in summer is a fact of daily 

 observation. 



Having thus enumerated the species which have come under 

 our notice, it may be well to state the census of the avifauna. 



In 1885, our friend Mr. W. Evans published a list of the birds 

 of Eigg, compiled from his own journal and other sources of 

 information (Pro. R. Phy. S. Edin. viii. pp. 430 — 448) ; this list 

 included 82 species. Of these, in our opinion, five must 

 be rejected, as included on insufficient evidence, viz., Bullfinch, 

 Short-eared Owl, Sclavonian Grebe (?), Greater Shearwater, and 

 Storm Petrel, leaving a total of 7 7 species. Of these 77 species, 

 five have never occurred to us, viz., the Long-tailed Tit, Swift, 

 Nightjar, Jack Snipe, and Great Northern Diver ; nor do we 

 regard them as regular visitors to the island. Our own notes 

 comprehend 85 species, and a grand total of 90 species is 

 thus arrived at. Of these, at least 58 nest in Eigg. "While, 

 therefore, this list is confessedly incomplete, it is based on a fair 

 knowledge of the island, and will no doubt be added to from time 



