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154 garden near Thorshavn, belonging to Mr. Hansen, where they remained until the 26th of the same month.

Caprimulgus europæus.—The Nightjar is a rare and uncertain straggler to the Froes. Müller informs me of an example being captured on the 28th June, 1874. Three instances of its occurrence have been previously recorded.

Columba palumbus.—A single Ring Dove was obtained on the 23rd May, 1874.

Turtur auritus.—The Turtle Dove is a very uncommon straggler to the Færoes. A single example was observed flying about the neighbourhood of Thorshavn during the latter part of June, 1873.

Vanellus cristatus.—The Lapwing has hitherto been recorded only as a spring and winter visitant; but on the 2nd July, 1875, a pair of these birds hatched out four young ones in the neighbourhood of Midvaag. Müller remarks that this is the first known instance of this species breeding in the Faeroe Islands.

Scolopax rusticola.—Previously only one occurrence of the Woodcock had been recorded; but on the 11th and 16th January, 1873, single birds of this species were seen on the hill between Kirkeboe and Thorshavn.

Pagophila eburnea.—In January, 1873, an adult Ivory Gull was procured on the island of Nalsoe, and another from Sandoe in February of the same year.

Larus glaucus.—This species was very abundant in the Faeroes during December, 1876.

Larus leucopterus.—A single example of the Iceland Gull was seen by Müller in the winter of 1876.

Stercorarius pomatorhinus.—From August to October, 1873, as well as in 1874, the Pomatorhine Skua was numerous.

Stercorarius parasiticus.—Buffon's Skua is recorded by Müller as having been numerous between August and October, 1873. This species has not been found breeding in the Færoe Islands.

Fratercula arctica.—In 1874 the number of Puffins killed on the island of Vaagoe amounted to 70,000, and on the island of Myggenæs to 80,000 during the same season.

Puffinus griseus.—Müller informed me of the capture of one of these birds, a female, on the 4th August, 1873, which I recorded in 'The Zoologist' for 1875 (p. 4495), under the name Puffinus fuliginosus, on his authority. On the 26th October, 1876, a