TO ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. 8o 



ton. — Tlie Heron is very plentiful in Shetland, and 

 still more so in Orkney on the small islands lying 

 off Rissa Little. In Shetland, the islands in the 

 neighbourhood of Scallaway appear to be its fa- 

 vourite place of resort, but it does not breed there. 

 I have observed that this bird, let the wind be 

 high or low, invariably selects the lee side of the 

 island or rock on which the wind may be setting. 



Numenius arquata, Lath. Whaap*. Curlew. 

 — This bird is rather plentifully distributed through- 

 out these countries ; it is very shy, and resorts to 

 the most retired parts of mossy hills, in which 

 situations it lays its eggs. It rarely frequents the 

 sea-shore in Shetland, but remains in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the lakes, in the muddy banks of 

 which it procures its food. 



Numenius Ph^eopus, Lath. Tang-Whaap*. 

 Whimbrel. — The habits and manners of this bird 

 are in all respects the same as those of the Curlew, 

 but they do not associate together, although I have 

 found their nests within shot of each other. They 

 are equally as numerous as the Curlew, but leave 

 immediately after the breeding-season. 



Totanus Calidris, Bechst. Redshank. Sand- 



