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treeless (except where a few trees have been planted in the 

 villages), we found the islands extremely interesting, and the 

 scenery magnificent ; the people, nearly all of whom speak a little 

 English, were most hospitable. 



I have, to save any unnecessary confusion, used the names 

 found on the map of the Faeroe Islands, from the Danish Govern- 

 ment survey, published by the Admiralty, Jan. 25th, 1901 ; this 

 is the best map yet published, and is in general use by visitors 

 to the islands. 



I took a camera with me for the first time on an expedition 

 of this kind, and, owing no doubt to the grand light, succeeded 

 in securing a fine series of photographs ; and I trust that of our 

 first Whimbrel's nest may be interesting (cf. Plate I. fig. 1). 



Fully prepared to rough it, we did not find things so bad as 

 we had been led to believe, but I should strongly advise all 

 intending visitors to take a certain amount of food with them in 

 the way of tinned fruit and vegetables, even at the cost of an 

 extra carrier, for it must be borne in mind that, when moving 

 about or crossing the islands, it is almost impossible at this 

 time of the year to obtain fresh fruit and vegetables, though 

 at Thorshavn, the capital, one can now procure nearly any- 

 thing except fresh goods. It was not our intention, owing to 

 the very limited time at disposal, to visit the whole of the 

 group ; we therefore confined our energies to the four largest 

 southernmost islands, viz., Sydero, Sando, Stromo, and Nolso ; 

 also a small rocky island, Hoivig Holm, near Thorshavn. It 

 is important that this should be well understood by my readers, 

 for the remarks on the avifauna only apply to the above- 

 mentioned islands. It is, of course, possible that some of the 

 species not found breeding may do so on the islands we did 

 not visit, more especially the northern ones. It must also be 

 borne in mind that, owing to the Game Act of April, 1897 

 (Diplomatic and Consular Eeports, Denmark ; Keport of the 

 Faeroe Islands, 1901), it was impossible for us to obtain any 

 assistance from the natives in our ornithological research. The 

 result of this visit is, therefore, entirely due to our own personal 

 investigations and hard work. 



I regret that we have no new species to record, neither have 

 we anything particularly interesting to note beyond that which 



