. Une histoire des oiseaux britanniques. Par le Rév. F.O. Morris .. . ^ supposé, dans différentes statesde son plumage, de composer plus d'une espèce, est la commonin Europe—en Suède, Norvège, Danemark, les îles Féroé, Spitzbergen, Scandinavie, et d'autres parties du nord. Somehae s'est produit sur les côtes de la Hollande et de la Belgique, comme l'a signalé M. de Selys Longchamps. En Asie—en Sibérie et à Kamtschatka. Aussi en Amérique du Nord—au Groenland, sur les côtes de Terre-Neuve, du Labrador et de la baie Hudsons. Avec nous, ils se reproduisent dans plusieurs des îles Orcades et ShetlandIslands, comme Hoy et le Holm d'Eday de l'ancienne; Noss,

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. A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris .. . ^ supposed, in different stagesof its plumage, to compose more than one species, is commonin Europe—in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Feroe Islands, Spitzbergen, Scandinavia, and other parts of the north. Somehave occurred on the coasts of Holland and Belgium, asreported by M. De Selys Longchamps. In Asia—in Siberiaand Kamtschatka. Also in Nortb America—in Greenland, andon the coasts of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudsons Bay. With us they breed in several of the Orkney and ShetlandIslands, as Hoy and the Holm of Eday of the former; Noss, Unst, and Foula, of the latter; so too in the Hebrides, Islay, Jura, Uist, and Rum. Several examples have occurred on the shores of variouscounties in England, also inland. In Norfolk, a young onewas shot at Lynn, in the estuary of the River Ouse, aboutthe 1st. of October, 1854; one also, in the plumage of thesecond year, near the same place, September 16th., 1852. Twoat Hunstanton, on the 11th. of the same month. One at. eichabdson3 skua. 11^ s^me yefr, near Fleetwood, on the 20tk of August^ In W- S, d ometimes irconsiderable numbers, namely, young buds?or the ^rt part; so also in Durham, Hampshu-e, Devonsluretoi tne mosD i^o. , -R^ttersea, near London, and tour different species, were shot in Sanday, in the wnitei of Ib49-o0, one^;ubs:j:entlV. These birds are very abundant m summ .nnd breed in Hoy and several parts of the islanas, as auoin like manner, as^lready mentioned, in the Hebrides and the Tef arfS-tory, some of «-.yo™^, , ^^, -^ 1 • 4-u^ onfnmn Thev arrive m Shetland in Ma.^mrt;:^u frr^afelyTf their nest or young, thesebirTxhtbir the greatest -^f ^VreSinrrbf Ian efluttering about with obvious care oi Vr<^*^^]^P^° ^ ro^^^ifrr^r^^^^^^^^^^ ^°TtXtirsLai:trama.ingly swift and powerful on , , Jtng, a ^<:-^^^:fZZTL:C^-i^ Ssays that occasionally it iiies as siow, aia^ 120 RTCnAEDSOXs SKFA. ca bird whoso flight is more varied, or kept up for a greaterlength of tim