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23. EMBERIZA MILIARIA, Linn., Corn Bunting. Found all over the 



peninsula wherever there are crofts, and is one of the most 

 characteristic birds of the district. Only met with in close 

 proximity to human dwellings, it has here become ex- 

 ceedingly tame and confiding. Its song was continued till 

 far into the twilight of the summer evening, long after every 

 other passerine bird was mute ; and it is to my mind 

 decidedly ventriloquial in its effect. Again and again I was 

 deceived by it, imagining the bird was quite near when 

 in reality it was perched at some considerable distance 

 off. 



24. EMBERIZA CITRINELLA, Linn., Yellow Bunting. Fairly common, 



even on the wildest moors. 



25. EMBERIZA SCHCENICLUS, Linn., Reed Bunting. Fairly common. 



26. STURNUS VULGARIS, Linn., Starling. Common. Young were 



abroad by the time we arrived (2nd June). 



27. CORVUS MONEDULA, Linn., Jackdaw. Not found in Coigach. 



It nests in some numbers in the cliffs near Leekmellm, a 

 few miles east of Ullapool. 



28. CORVUS CORAX, Linn., Raven. I was much disappointed to 



find that even in so remote and lonely a district as Coigach 

 the Raven is very rare. We saw a nest on a cliff near 

 Camas Coille, which in all probability was that of a Raven ; 

 indeed we were assured by our ghillie that a pair nest there 

 regularly every year. The bird certainly nests on one at 

 least of the Summer Islands, but I am of opinion that not 

 more than two pairs now breed in Rhu More. This un- 

 fortunate state of matters is, in all probability, due to the 

 fact that Coigach is a crofter country ; and wherever crofters 

 exist the Raven is subjected to ceaseless persecution on 

 account of the damage, real or imaginary, which it does 

 during the lambing season. 



29. CORVUS CORONE, Linn., Carrion Crow. One seen at Garvie 



Bridge ; was seen quite distinctly. 



30. CORVUS CORNIX, Linn., Hooded Crow. Very abundant, especi- 



ally in south Coigach, and we met with it everywhere, even 

 in the Summer Islands. On Camas Coille Mr. Bonar ob- 

 served a pair of Hoodies repeatedly swoop at a Peregrine 

 Falcon, which did not deign to resent their impudence. 



31. CORVUS FRUGILEGUS, Linn., Rook. Quite common near Ulla- 



pool, where there is a small rookery. I never saw the bird 

 in Coigach proper, but Mr. Bonar observed quite a large 

 flock feeding at the landing-place at Achiltibuie. 



