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tbnii. Head without any ajipearance of a crest'. Tlie s])ccinien 
killed upon the lOtli of August (a month earlier) is hlack and 
salmon-colour, like an adult, only the tints are less pure than 
in the adult; the crest is not so conspicuous, and some brown 
feathers among the scapulars seem to he the remains of the old 
dress, the bird not having completed moulting. From the 
above facts we may conclude that the moult takes place about 
the end of July or the beginning of August, and also may gain 
ample evidence, if it be yet wanting, that the perfect plumage 
of the adult is not attained before the third autumn. The 
measurements of both the above sj)ecimens are precisely 
similar, and also agree with those of an adult. 
The third and last occasion of my meeting with this bird 
was on the 27th of July 1871, when I saw a beautiful male in 
full plumage flitting about a stony field near Ernesdaal, in 
Unst. It was very shy, and seldom remained longer than a 
few minutes in one spot. It remained in the neighbourhood 
just nine days, feeding under the shady sides of the walls, and 
as night approached retiring to the garden for shelter. Dur- 
ing the whole time of its stay it continued very shy, and when 
disturbed seldom flew less than three hundred yards before 
alighting. Sometimes it was seen feeding among cows, and 
when starlings also happened to be there it would join company 
with them ; but though it would rise with the Hock, it invari- 
ably separated from it after flying for a short distance, and 
seemed quite careless about rejoining. 
III. GOBY HUE. 
T HE HAVE N. 
Corvus corctx. 
CORBIE. 
The Kaven is resident and very abundant in Shetland, but 
large numbers which are certainly not natives arrive in autuiim. 
