38 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



officinalis, *Crepis paludosa, * Car duns palustris and *Myosotis 

 versicolor (probably in the var. multicaulis^ Bosch., as Mr. 

 Arthur Bennett points out ; the flowers, however, were all 

 pale blue), *Urtica urens, *Salix cinerea and S. repens, * Orchis 

 mascula and *O. incarnata, *Scilla nutans, *Luzula congesta, 

 *Alopecurns pratensis, *A. genicnlatns, *P /talaris, Avena 

 pubescens, * Brachypodium grarile, * Arrhenatherum avenaceum, 

 Festuca sciuroides *Equisetum palustre and *E. limosum. In 

 the river, which at Ledbeg cuts its way through some white 

 marble rocks (which were probably caused by rocks in a state 

 of fusion coming into contact with the limestone), grew 

 Nitella opaca, Char a fragilis, *Callitriche platycarpa, and 

 Myriophyllu ma He rn ifoliu m . 



It may be of interest to the readers of the " Annals " to 

 know that while I was botanising on the Cnoc-an rocks I saw 

 below me a large bird which appeared to be injured ; for on 

 climbing down it made no attempt to move. I thought it 

 was a Peregrine Falcon that had been wounded in a fight. 

 On getting close alongside I saw that it was a young bird 

 which was gorged from over-eating, the remains of a white 

 bird being near. My photographer was in the carriage below, 

 so I signalled for him, and a photograph of the bird was 

 secured, but it is not a very successful one. The focussing 

 cloth was next utilised to enwrap the bird, and he was safely 

 conveyed to Ullapool, where we were assured he was a 

 young Golden Eagle. My own knowledge of ornithology 

 is nil. The next morning the bird had quite recovered from 

 the effects of his large meal, and was as wild and ferocious 

 as need be ; the parrot cage, in which I was very sorry to 

 see him confined, evidently not being quite to his taste. I 

 have suffered many qualms of conscience for bringing into 

 captivity so fine a specimen ; but he is still alive at Ullapool. 



The Hieracia noticed included H. iricum, H. argenteum, 

 H. anglicum var. longibracteatum^ H. vulgatum, etc. 



