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** Bog Pimpernel, Anagallis tenella. 



* Brookweed, Samolus Valerandi. 



** Centuary (small leaved kind), Erythrcea Centaurium. 



* Buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 ** Viper's Bugloss, Echium vidgare. 



* Oyster Plant, Mertensia niaritima. 

 Forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris. 

 Field Forget-me-not, Myosotis arvensis. 



** Small Bugloss, Lycopsis arvensis. 



** Hound's Tongue, Cynoglossimi officinale. 



** Water Veronica, Veronica Anagallis. 



Common Eyebright, Etcphrasia officinalis. 



Watermint, Mentha aqiiatica. 



Common Thrift, Armeria vulgaris. 



Sea Plantain, Plantago niaritima. 



Buckshorn Plantain, Plantago Coronopus. 

 ** Prickly Saltwort, Salsola Kali. 



Common Orache, Atriplex patula. 



* Amphibious Polygonum, Polygonum amphibiiim, 

 ** Creeping Willow, Salix reptans. 



Marsh Orchis, Orchis latifolia, 

 t Curved Carex, Car ex incurva. 

 Divided Carex, Carex divisa. 

 Marsh Club Moss, Lycopodium inundatum. 



* Smooth Equisetum, Eqtiisettcm limosum. 



Birds observed : — 



Rock Pipit, Anthus obscurus. 

 Wheatear, Saxicola cenanthe. 

 Eider, Somateria mollissima. 

 Common Curlew, Nu)?ienius arquatus. 

 Redshank, Totaniis calidris. 

 Snipe, Scolopax galliango. 

 Blackheaded Gull, Larus ridibtmdns. 

 Sandwich Tern, Sterna cantiaca. 

 Common Tern, ,, hirundo. 

 Arctic Tern, ,, arctica. 



* Not common. 



** Grow in great profusion, and may be said to give a character to the Island. 



t Rarest of all Holy Island plants ; identity of specimens confirmed by Mr. 

 Evans, of Berwickshire Olub ; but in a later letter from Mr. Adamson he doubts 

 whether this plant was correctly identified. 



