$i'8 MIGRATION OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Gull found in St. Kilda*, we fufpect 

 that the Skua breeds there. 



Tims.i Every fpecies breeds here ; but leaves 



us in the winter. 



Fetreh. The Fulmar breeds in the ifle of St. 



Kilda, and continues there the whole 

 year, except September and part of 

 Oclober; the Shearwater vifits the 

 JJle of Man in April, breeds there, 

 and leaving it in Auguft or the begin- 

 ning of September, difperfes over all 

 parts of the Atlantic Ocean. The 

 Stornrfinch is feen at ail diftances 

 from land on the fame vaft watry 

 tract, nor is ever found near more 

 except by fome very rare accident. 

 Should this be (as we fufpecT) the 

 fame with the Qcurder of the Blajket 

 J/les, mentioned by Smith, and the 

 AJJilag and Goylir defcribed by fAar- 

 tin, it breeds on the coaft of Kerry 

 and in St. Kilda -\, if thofe writers 

 can be depended on. It is a mor- 

 tifying reflection that the king- 

 doms of Scotland and Ireland^ 

 though they have produced fo many 

 men of learning and genius, mould 

 not have furnilhed one naturalift 



* Macanlafs St. Kilda. 72. 



f Smith's biji, Kerry, 186. Marlins Wj. St. Kilda, 34. Hift*. 



Wife. Jj?ts s 72. 



whom 





