ORNITHOLOGY OF SECTION D, 1850. 
Colymbus septentrionalis (for Trout and Salmon are not absent), 
and they serve as fresh water baths to continued fiocks of Kitti- 
wakes. There is no heather that could be sufficient for the Red 
Grouse, Tetrao lagopus ; no tree or even shrub of a foot in height. 
In this brief sketch of the inducements held out to birds to take 
up their abode in these islands, we should not omit to notice the 
general peaceable character of the human inhabitants, who do not 
constantly molest them; but catch them only at certain SeASOIS 
and then with as little disturbance as possible. The parasites of 
man, the dog and the rat, are their only other enemies, if we except 
the occasional visits of a kind of whale, which the inhabitants call 
the Trold Whale, and which they much dread from the havoc it 
makes amongst their Eider Ducks and their Seals. Sharks are m 
such plenty as to oceupy a vessel constantly in catching them; but 
they are never known to attack the birds. To the Hooded Crow, 
Corvus corone, and the Raven, Corvus corav, the vicinity of man 
is most advantageous, from the offal and other refuse which falls to 
their share; but they and some other birds are less agreeable to 
their feathered neighbours. 
The birds which we found breeding in the Faroe Islands are 
follows :— 
Anthus pratensis, Titlark 
Anithus petrosus, Rock Pipit han plentiful. 
Saxicola enanthe, Wheatear ’ 
Alauda pratensis, Common Lark, one pair, probably breeding: 
Corvus corax, Rayen. 
Corvus corone, Hooded Crow. 
Sturnus vulgaris, Starling. 
’ Emberiza nivalis, Snow Bunting. 
Columba livia, Rock Pigeon. 
Charadrius pluvialis, Golden Plover. 
C. hiaticula, Ringed Plover. : 
Scolopaw gallinago, Common Snipe. 
Hematopus ostralegus, Oyster Catcher. 
Numenius pheopus, Whimbrel. 
Tringa variabilis, Dunlin. 
Tringa maritima, Purple Sandpiper. 
Phalaropus hyperboreus, Red-necked Phalarope. 
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