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but Jackdaws have never been known to breed in any of the 
islands. In Orkney, liowever, a few are said to build at Barth 
Head in South Bonaldshay. 
THE JAY. 
Garrulus glandarius. 
Both this and the iMagpie are mentioned by Thomas 
Edmondston as stragglers, but in his private list I find their 
names scored out, and written against them the words — 
Hearsay only — unauthenticated.” The Magpie certainly does 
not occur, and I can hear of no other instance of the Jay having 
been observed than the one already recorded by me. This was 
at Balta Sound, on the 26th of August 1861, during a north- 
west wind, when, on o^Dening the garden door at Halligarth, 
I saw a Jay rise from among the sycamores, and fly steadily 
away in a direction nearly due south. Had I not seen the 
bird, its well-known harsh cries would have been sufficient to 
convince me of its presence. 
Scansores. 
I. PICIDJd. 
THE GBtEAT SBOTTEE) WOODPECKEE. 
Picus major. 
Many years ago a bird, to which the term Yorway Wood- 
pecker” was vaguely applied, was shot in the garden at Halli- 
garth ; but as the specimen was destroyed, and no notes as to 
its appearance were taken, the species was unascertained until 
lately, when, on my showing a Great Spotted Woodpecker to the 
captor, he instantly remarked that it was exactly like the one 
above mentioned. Although this species had frequently been 
taken in Orkney, it was not ascertained to have occurred in 
