Reptiles. 



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of ringed and golden plovers, great abundance of snipes, plenty of 

 small game, as starlings and wheatears, — would furnish work for ma- 

 ny barrels ; not to speak of the multitudes of sea-fowl. On the whole, 

 the scientific ornithologist, as well as the mere sportsman, will find 

 both a varied and extensive field in Ultima Thule. 



I shall conclude with a list of the arrivals and departures of our 

 summer birds, as far as I have been able to ascertain them ; the arri- 

 vals and departures of our winter species shall also be communicated 

 to < The Zoologist.' 



DEPARTS. ARRIVES. DEPARTS. 



Aug. 20 Puffin April 3 Sept. 1 



Sept. 28 Skua gull and Lestris 



Octo. 3 parasiticus April 20 Sept. 1 



Yellow-legged gull... Agril 3 Sept. 20 



Aug. 20 Common tern May 16 Sept. 14 



The puffin almost always leaves on the 23rd of August. 



I have not been able to ascertain the exact time of arrival or de- 

 parture of the Manx petrel (Procellaria Puffinus), as this bird comes 

 towards the shore very quietly, and is rarely seen during the day ; it 

 seems later in its arrival than any of those I have mentioned. 



The Mammalia and fishes of Shetland will form the subject of ano- 

 ther paper, and complete our vertebrate Fauna. 



Thos. Edmonston, jun. 

 Baltasound, Shetland, October 5, 1843. 



ARRIVES. 



Kittiwake March 1 



Wheatear March 7 



Sea Pie Febr.22 



Guillemot and Razor 



bill March 8 



The Edible Frog {Rana esculenta, Linn.) 



The Edible Frog. Through the kindness of Mr. Gray we are enabled to present 

 our readers with a figure of one of the edible frogs mentioned by Mr. Bond, in a late 



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