THE FULMAR. 415 
were seen half-way between Shetland and Faroe. Afterwards 
abundantly all along the coasts of Osteroe, Stomoe, Vagoe, and 
Mygganaes; also along the coasts of the latter—Vagoe and the 
south of Mygganaes—close in to the shore, flying often very 
high and far above the altitudes of the highest cliffs, just as we 
have seen them do at St. Kilda, Handa, and elsewhere. To the 
east of Hide Fjord, and between the entrance to the fjord and 
Kalsoe Fjord, or between Kodelin and Malin Head, only a few 
pairs bred until of late years, when a decided increase in their 
numbers took place. Since the whale industry has been insti- 
tuted—7.e. in June, 1894—by Herr Gron, the Fulmars have 
increased, and have come into the Hide Fjord at the time of the 
‘flensing.’ At Soorvaag’s Fjord village we saw eggs, and bought 
two, just as a reminiscence. These were taken a little to the 
north of the entrance of that fjord on the Vagoe side.”’ 
When we saw Herr H. C. Muller at Thorshavn, whom we had 
known for many years, he told us of the ‘‘ vast’ increase in 
their numbers—7. e. by 1894—and the MS. he gave us at that 
time had been brought up to date of that year. 
A Chronological Note of the Occupation of Faroe by the Fulmar. 
We give a list of the writers whose works we have con- 
sulted, and a few others whom they quote—such as Svabo and 
Winge, &c. :— 
1598.—Martin Martin. 
1676.—Debes. 
1760.—Brisson ; Svabo. 
1766.—Linné, 12th ed. We do not quote Linné’s 10th ed., 
but his ‘ Kditio Duodecima Reformata.’ Linné does 
not merition the Fulmar in his unreformed ed. 10 
(1758). 
1786.—Mohr. 
1799.—Landt. 
1845.—Winge. Four birds seen at Great Dimon. 
1850.—John Wolley. 
1860.—Herr H.C. Muller. Seen at Mygganaes, and at Trold- 
hovet (‘ Faeroernes Fuglefauna,’ 1868). 
1862.—Herr H.C. Muller. MS. to date, given to Colonel 
H. W. Feilden. 
