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1842. Wilson, James. — Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the 



Isles, 2 vols., London, 1842. 



[Pages 1-113 of vol, ii. give an excellent account 



of a visit paid to St Kilda on 2nd and 3rd August 1841. 



Forty species of birds are mentioned.] 

 1848. MiLNER,W. M.E.—" Some Account of the People of St Kilda, 



and of the Birds of the Outer Hebrides," Zoologist, 1848, 



pp. 2054-2062. 



[Mr Milner, afterwards Sir Wm. Milner, Bart., spent 



three days — 14th to i6th June 1847 — at the islands of the 



St Kilda group.J 

 1885. Dixon, Charles.— " The Ornithology of St Kilda," The Ihis, 



1885, pp. 69-97 and 358-362. 



[Mr Dixon spent nearly a fortnight there in June 



1884. A complete list of the then known avifauna of the 



group is given.] 

 1895. Elliot, J. Steele. — "Observations on the Fauna of St 



Kilda," Zoologist, 189S, pp. 281-286. 



[The result of three weeks spent on the island in 



June 1894.] 

 1903. WiGLESWORTH, J. — St Kilda and its Birds : Liverpool, 1903. 

 [Dr Wiglesworth passed three weeks at St Kilda in 



June 1902.] 

 1905. Mackenzie, Rev. J. B. — "Notes on the Birds of St Kilda. 



Compiled from the Memoranda of the Rev. Neil 



Mackenzie" [1829-1843], ^««. Scot. Nat. Hist, 1905, pp. 



7S-8oand 141-153. 



[These memoranda relate to the years 1 829-1 843.] 

 1905. Waterston, Rev. James, M.A. — "Notes on the Mice and 



Birds of St Kilda," ^««. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1905, pp. 199-202. 



