BIRDS OBSERVED IN SHETLAND. 347 



Crex pratensis. One on Foula. Saxby states in his ' Birds of 

 Shetland,' that Landrails arrive there in considerable numbers 

 about the end of May, and may then be heard in every cultivated 

 district throughout the islands. He adds that at the time of their 

 first appearance, vegetation has made so slight an advance that 

 they are easily seen, being quite unable to conceal themselves 

 among the short grass or corn. 



fAnas boschas. One near Scalloway. 



■fQuerquedula crecca. One near Scalloway. Both Wild Duck 

 and Teal breed in Shetland. Saxby states (p. 242) that the 

 former is among the birds occasionally found by the lighthouse- 

 keepers on Flugga, lying dead at the foot of the lantern. 



fSomateria mollissima. Several. Walls and Scalloway. Nest 

 and eggs seen. 



iColymbus septentrionalis. One pair with two young near 

 Scalloway ; and a nest with two eggs near Weisdale. 



Uria troile. Common. 



U. grylle. Plentiful at Foula, Walls, &c. 



Fratercula arctica. Common. 



Alca torda. Common. 

 fPhalacrocorax carbo. One at Scalloway. 



P. cristatus. Plentiful, 

 t Sterna macrura. Frequent. Walls, Weisdale. 

 fLarus ridibundus. Five at Weisdale. 



tL. canus. One nest with young at Scalloway. Two nests 

 with eggs on islands in lake between Weisdale and Walls. 



L. argentatus. Plentiful. 



L. fuscus. Common. 



L. marinus. Not uncommon. 



L. glaucus. One seen at Wick, Caithness, June 17th, but 

 none in Shetland. 



Rissa tridactyla. Plentiful. 



Lestris catarrhactes. Only on Foula. Seventy to eighty pairs 

 on highest part of island. Dark- and light-coloured birds 

 observed. Nests robbed by natives (see antea, p. 297). 



Lestris crepidatus. About sixty pairs scattered over Foula at 

 the base of the hills, and on moorland. Five or six seen on 

 Bressay, flying from Noss. 



Procellaria glacialis. Saxby asserted that the Fulmar Petrel 

 never breeds in Shetland (' Birds of Shetland,' p. 362). It appears 



