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we so much the more regret we can only make a few remarks on 
Mr. Muller's paper. 
One hundred and twenty-four species of birds are given as 
having occurred in the Faeroes, of which of course the greater 
number are merely stragglers *: forty-four, however, certainly 
breed there yearly, besides three more which probably do so, and 
four which are believed to have done so formerly. Herr Muller's 
observations with regard to two supposed species ( Corvus leuco- 
phceus and Uria leucophthalma) are, we think, conclusive, and we 
hope never to hear either of them again spoken of as a good species. 
Of the first he says, “ As is known, there occurs here a white- 
spotted variety, f Qvujt-ravnur' (white Raven), Corvus leuco - 
phaus, Yieill. It is sometimes found paired with the Common 
Raven. A few pairs of the black Raven have annually in their 
nest one, two, or more young which are pied. For several years I 
used to get annually one or two pied young from a place where a 
pair of black Ravens annually built ; but of late years they have 
only had black young in the nest." With respect to the other, Mr. 
Muller states that it “ is certainly only a variety of Uria troile; 
for I have been an eye-witness that a Ringed and a Common 
Guillemot have paired themselves together, and besides have seen 
a ringvia [sc. leucophthalma ] feed a young one which a troile 
had under its wing." The remarks on fowling, the staple 
branch of industry in the islands, are full of interest, and show 
that, whatever the political merits of the M.P. for the Faeroes 
may be, his qualifications as a cragsman and an ornithologist are 
beyond doubt. 
The same volume of the f Yidenskabelige Meddelelser' also 
contains (pp. 337-339) an abstract of some observations, by 
Professor Reinhardt, on Troglodytes borealis (vide The Ibis, 1862, 
pp. 296 & 381), in which our excellent correspondent points out 
that all the peculiarities seized on by its describer as specific 
characters are not entirely to be trusted, and he suggests others 
* Herr Miiller does not include Cypselus apus, of which Mr. Wolley 
states that he saw a single example on one of the islands (‘ Contributions 
to Ornithology,’ 1850, p. 109). 
