THE IBIS. 
NINTH SERIES. 
No. XVII. JANUARY 1911. 
1 .—Nine Days on Grimsey and the North-east Coast of 
Iceland. By Mary, Duchess of Bedford, F.L.S., F.Z.'S., 
H.MB.O.U. 
(Text-figures 1-1.) 
Haying heard that the Island of Grimsey was of interest 
to ornithologists, I decided to visit it in my yacht this 
summer (1910). 
Though the time at my disposal was far too short to 
enable me to make any specially valuable contribution to 
what is already known of the birds of that island, the 
observations made during my brief visit may be of sufficient 
interest to be worth placing on record. 
I embarked at Invergorden. Twelve hours brought me 
to Fair Isle, where I had spent such an extremely interesting 
time during the spring migration. But that island boasts 
of few resident birds, and I saw nothing of interest in an 
hour's walk except some White Wagtails, which were 
evidently breeding there again. 
A few hours were also spent at Balta Sound and the 
Faroe Isles, but time did not allow of any bird-watching. 
I left the Faroe Isles at 6 p.m. on the 6th of July. The 
voyage was uneventful, except for coming across a dead whale 
surrounded by hundreds of Fulmars, and for being delayed 
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