ORNITHOLOGY OF SECTION D, 1850. 
secure ledges and amongst stones. Here are plenty of sloping hill 
sides, and open stones for the Shearwater, Pujinus anglorum, and 
Petrel, Procellaria pelagica; and there are large blocks of rock, 
amongst which the Green Cormorant delights to find a sheltered 
home; for the Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus, there 
are inaccessible stacks or drangs—in fact, no bird which is merely 
in want of house room, need have any difficulty; but he must be 
prepared to withstand a good deal of rough weather. Fierce 
blasts of wind frequently rush down from the mountains, mists 
and rain are almost incessant, and the air is so damp, that the 
sods of grass, with which the roofs of the wooden houses of men 
are covered, are even at the end of summer of the most spring- 
like green; yet there are seldom any uncomfortably hot days in 
summer, and no very severe cold in winter. With respect to food, 
there appears to be an abundance of small fish within reach; and 
the vast swarms of Guillemots, Uria troile, and such like birds, 
tr alone be sufficient to show this; Soland Geese, Sulabassana, 
Sar Weiteas of a larger size within a! reasonable flight of the 
ae ie have chosen, Other marine animals are in plenty, 
ri ‘i st vably crustaceous, occasionally in such compact shoals, 
the th a sudden rise to the surface, to have given origin to 
the ein of one kind of sea serpent, or rather flat sea monster, 
fais ce of Pontoppidan, here called Kraka_ or Teara-bue ; 
another ¢ » principally Phocona melas, the Ca'ing Whale, and 
the sages very nearly allied, often in prodigious herds, show 
bidtines a the surrounding sea, The great numbers of Oyster 
of the Sank Kider Ducks mark the abundance of the productions 
of een: rocks. Representatives of almost every tribe 
apie ere fare luxuriously, | But when we turn to the 
Makes kee the same fertility and plenty ; there is indeed 
ater 4 green, and in some places plenty of good grass, 
other as ere 18 be large Proportion of carices, juncacec, and 
ed food to fe a thin covering of peaty soil; and these afford- 
times, hanaits Geese and Swans during the summer in former 
now Buntig bi in small numbers, iat not so few but that a 
are well he oe a good mouthful for its young; Snipes too 
tous, but Sines with their entertainment. Lakes are not nume- 
. are a few which satisfy the wants of the Common 
ild Duck 
iy Uck, Anas boschas, and also of the Red-throated Diver, 
