722 APPENDIX. 



Terns. Every fpecies breeds here •, but leaves us in the 



winter. 



Petrels, The Fulmar breeds in the ifle of St. Kilda, and 



continues there the whole year, except September 

 and part of October % the Shearwater vifits the Ifle 

 of Man in Aprils breeds there, and leaving it in 

 Augufi or the beginning of September, difperfes over 

 all parts of the Atlantic Ocean. The Stcrmfnch is 

 feen at all diftances from land on the fame vaft 

 watery tra6l, nor is ever found near fhore except 

 by fome very rare accident, unlefs in the breed- 

 ing feafon. We found it on ibme little rocky ifles, 

 off the north of Skie. It alfo breeds in St. Kilda. 

 We alfo fufpect that it nettles 'on the Blafquet ides 

 off Kerry ', and that it is the Gourder of Mr. Smith*. 



Mergan- This whole genus is mentioned among the birds 

 that fill the Lapland lakes during fummer. I have 

 feen the young of the Red-breajled in the north of 

 Scotland : a few of thefe, and perhaps of the Goo/an- 

 ders may breed there. 



Ducks. Of the numerous fpecies that form this genus, 



we know of few that breed here. The Swan and 

 Goofe, the Shield Duck, the Eider Duck, a few 

 Shovelers, Garganies, and Teals, and a very fmall 

 portion of the wild Ducks. 



* Smith's hift. Kerry, 186.- 



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