skerries off the south-west of Iceland, whence the last- 

 recorded specimens were obtained in the year above 

 mentioned. I am the fortunate possessor of a fine 

 stuffed specimen of this species, which, from the date of 

 a ship's bill of lading written in Danish and Icelandic, 

 found inside the skin by the late H. Ward, of Vere 

 Street, to whom it was sent to be mounted, was pro- 

 bably obtained on the coast of Iceland about the year 

 1833 ; this specimen formerly belonged to my brother- 

 in-law, Mr. Arthur Crichton, and was purchased by me 

 after his death, with an egg bought by him from the 

 collection of the College of Surgeons. Four other eggs 

 of this species, now at Cambridge, have been owned by 

 me, and my readers will perhaps be amused at reading 

 that one of the many visitors to our aviaries at Lilford 

 told my falconer, who was acting as his guide, that he 

 had read in a newspaper that I had given a very stiff 

 price for one of these eggs, and added an earnest 

 expression of hope that I had " hatched it success- 

 fully ! " 



