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above ; but when I showed my figure to that gentleman last summer he 

 seemed to have his doubts whether it belonged to that species or not. 

 Indeed, it was so unlike a very fine specimen of the Oallinula porzana in 

 his possession, that I cannot help entertaining the same doubts ; though if 

 it is not a young one of that species, I know not what it is." 



Had the coloured drawing of this bird accompanied Mark- 

 wick's paper when it was read before the Linnean Society, in 

 May, 1795, it is possible that some ornithologist present might 

 have been able to solve the difficulty as to the species, although, 

 as Latham had misgivings on the subject, this is doubtful, and 

 Montagu had not then become acquainted with it as a British bird. 



Only two other species mentioned by Markwick seem to call 

 for notice here, viz. the Sheldrake, Tadorna vulpanser, of which a 

 brood of young ones was taken on the coast at Bexhill (Cat. 

 p. 50); and the Gannet, Sula bassana (the last bird on the list), 

 of which our author writes, " once shot in this neighbourhood." 

 He mentions no locality nor date ; but it is not unlikely that the 

 specimen alluded to was one which is thus noticed in the 

 Minute Book of the Linnean Society: — "Jan. 4, 1791. The Eev. 

 Dr. Goodenough exhibited a specimen of the Soland Goose, 

 Pelecanus Bassanus, recently shot on the coast of Sussex." 



A LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED IN SHETLAND, 

 JUNE, 1890. 



By Richard M. Barrington, LL.B., F.L.S. 



During ten days spent in the Shetland Isles, June 18th to 

 27th, the following birds (48 species) were noticed. Those 

 marked t were not observed on Foula. 

 Falco peregrinus. One on Foula. 

 \F. tinnuncidus. Two at Scalloway. 



Saxicola cenanthe. Plentiful. Young ones in most cases 

 hatched. 



\Motacilla lugubris. One at Lerwick. 

 fAnthus pratensis. Common. 

 A. obscurus. Common. 

 Alauda arvensis. Frequent. 

 Emberiza miliaria. Common, but confined to cultivated patches. 



