134 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Alauda arvensis, Sky Lark (Lavrock). Not very numerous. 



Asio accipitrinus, Short-eared Owl. This is probably the 

 " Hoolet " that comes in the autumn. It does not breed, how- 

 ever, and in fact very rarely does so in the Shetlands. 



Haliaetus albicilla, Sea Eagle (Erne). Is occasionally seen ; 

 there is an eyrie at no great distance from the island. 



Falco peregrinus, Peregrine (Goshawk). A pair nest just under 

 the " Horn." I put the female off the nest in June, 1887, and 

 Mr. W. E. Clarke noted them there in 1890. 



Phalacrocorax carlo, Cormorant (Scarf). Scarce. 



P. graculus, Shag (Scarf). Very abundant. Nesting on all 

 the stacks, as well as on the cliffs. 



Anas boscas, Mallard (Wild Duke). Mr. W. E. Clarke 

 detected eleven on one of the lochs in 1890. I did not observe 

 this species. 



Mareca penelope, Wigeon. Mr. Clarke also observed a male 

 Wigeon on one of the lochs ; not noted by me. 



Somateria mollissima, Eider (Dunter). Very numerous on 

 Lyra ; a few on Fogla. One nest with sucked eggs found by Mr. 

 Clarke on the Ve Skerries, June 11th, 1890. 



Mergus serrator, Merganser. Male and female on loch, 

 W. E. C, June 4th, 1890. One in Hamna Voe, H. R., June 

 13th, 1890. Rare. 



Columba livia, Rock Dove (Doo). Very abundant. I obtained 

 a nest in a crack of the cliff on Papa, on June 7th, 1887. The 

 Papa Stour Doves are very troublesome in the garden of Melby 

 House, on the other side of the Sound. 



Mgialitis hiaticula, Ringed Plover (Sandyloo). Scattered 

 over the stony barrens. 



Strepsilas interpres, Turnstone. About two dozen were seen 

 on the Ve Skerries, June 11th, 1890, by W. E. C. 



Hcematopus ostralegus, Oystercatcher (Shelder). Fairly com- 

 mon, nesting on the edge of the cliff at broken parts, upwards of 

 100 feet above the sea. A pair on Fogla. Several nests on Ve 

 Skerries, found by W. E. C. 



Tringa alpina, Dunlin. A few adults on Ve Skerries, W. E.C. 



Sterna macrnra, Arctic Tern (Tirrack). Breeds on the small 

 flat islets; but on June 7th, 1887, and also on June 13th, 1890, 

 — though I saw the birds, — they evidently, from their behaviour, 

 had not yet laid. The Rev. Stephen H. Saxby, editor of his 



