ORNITHOLOGY OF SECTION D, 1850. 
which have been said to breed in the Faroe Islands, but which I 
could not find any traces of; the principal of these were — 
Falco gyrfalco, Gyr Falcon. 
Anser leucopsis, Bernicle. 
Anser torquatus, Brent Goose. 
Somateria spectabilis, King Duck. 
Colymbus glacialis, Great Northern Diver. 
Uria brunnichii, Brunnich’s Guillemot. 
Mergulus melanoleucos, Little Auk. 
Alca impennis, Great Auk. 
Larus glaucus, Glaucous Gull. 
I will proceed to make a few remarks on some of the birds in the 
first list—there occur in it the names of only two birds which are 
not known to breed in Britain ; the first of these is the Snow Bunting, 
Emberiza nivalis, which breeds very scantily near the tops of the 
mountains; but in the northernmost islands of the group, on the 
lower grounds, and in small colonies. A neatly made nest, placed 
under a large stone, had young almost fully fledged at the beginning 
of July. We had the pleasure of hearing its sweet. little song 
spoken of with so much delight by the northern voyagers. The 
second bird, not known I believe to breed in Britain, is the Purple 
Sandpiper, Tringa maritima ; this appears to be the Fiadl Murra 
of one of the older writers on the Birds of Faroe, for we found it 
breeding on the summits of the mountains in small numbers ; young 
just fledged at-the end of June. 
Of the Raven, Corvus corax, I saw the black and white variety: 
which has been called a species under the name of C. leucopheus; 
but two were shown to me alive which came out of the same nest 
with purely black ones; they were marked irregularly and differ- 
ently from each other, and had none of the characters of a species 
The Raven, but still more the Hooded Crow, is almost a domes 
tic bird in Faroe, and very abundant. The Common Snipe, S¢0- 
lopax gallinago, is remarkably tame, and may be seen feeding 
near houses, and within a few yards of men; it is in consider- 
able numbers. I looked in vain for .S. gallinula. The Whimbrel, 
N. pheopus, struck me as being one of the most characteristi¢ 
birds of the island, for it is very abundant, and entirely replaces 
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