•Mlf. E. IJIliWKLI, OX THE I.SLE:S OK ScTLLY. 
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tlitl not liinl any young birds, 1 was able to hatch out one of 
the eggs three days later with the help of a hot-water bottle. 
Several of the birds which we caught presented quite a dazed 
appearance when brought out into the light, and upon being 
thrown up into the air, fell nearly to the ground before finding the 
use of their wings ; but when once they did so, they went olf with 
a rapid flight seaward. 
I'litil last year, Annett was the yearly resort of the Sandwich 
an<l Common Terns in large numbers, but through their having 
been disturbeel when breeding, they have quite deserted the island, 
and the oidy other birds we noticed were the Oystercatchci’s, 
which were here in great numbers, tlio Le.sser IJlack-backed and 
Jlerring Culls, the llazorbill, and the llock Pipit One low cliff of 
])oaly soil towards the north of the island was so riddled with 
holes made by the Puflins, that it presented the appearance of Die 
nestirig-i)laco of a gigantic race of Sand iMartins. 
A\'e brought awa}' one Shearwater alive, which Mr. Craham 
presented to the Zoological Society on his return to town ; and this 
bird, when placed in a box with a little sand, immediately 
endeavoured to provide a hiding-place by raking a hole in the sand 
with its beak, working it in a semi-circle, and at each movement 
drawing out a little of the sand. 
'J'o the south of Annett, at a distance of about four miles, there 
is a rock called Gorreg-an, which is a nesting-place of the Storm 
Petrel ; but as we were at least a fortnight too early in the season 
for eggs of this bird, Ave did not visit it. 
During our sail back to the “ Wenonah,” I questioned our i)ilot 
as to the Scillonian names of some of the birds Ave saAv. In many 
instances tlicy Avere the same as used in other parts of P>ritain, 
such as : 
Razorbill = ^turre 
I’uftin -- Pope 
Oystercateber = Scapic 
Cut others Avere more local, as : 
Kittiwake — KilT 
Shearwater = Crew aud ilackcrcl-bird 
Cormorant - Colinorn and Cotton Heap 
Shag — Colmoru 
Ringed Plover — Tranilhs 
Tern = ]\rerriek 
