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we weighed anchor at four o'clock the next morn- 

 ing and proceeded between the islands, bidding 

 adieu to Orkney and its kind inhabitants. 



The route I have attempted to describe in the 

 course of this narrative is the one I should recom- 

 mend any person to take who might be desirous of 

 collecting specimens of the birds to be found in the 

 localities mentioned. It will not be necessary to 

 give a minute description of the birds I obtained 

 during my excursions, as they have already been 

 minutely and anatomically described in various 

 ornithological works ; I shall therefore content my- 

 self with giving the scientific appellations, with 

 their common English and provincial names, the 

 addition of an asterisk indicating those by which 

 they are generally known in Shetland and Orkney. 



Aquila Chrysaeta, Flem. Golden Eagle. — 

 This noble bird breeds in Orkney among the cliffs 

 on the west side of Hoy Hill, but is so scarce that 

 I only saw a single pair. 



Halleetus albicilla, Selhy. Erne. White- 

 tailed Eagle. Cinereous Eagle. — This bird breeds 

 in both countries, and is the only species of Eagle 

 inhabiting Shetland. The places most frequented 

 by it, and where it breeds in the latter country, are, 



