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flying overhead; while the terns, with their sharper cry, dash 

 backwards and forwards in their swallow-Hke flight; and from 

 the beach is heard the trilling v/histle of the Freshwater Sand- 

 piper, or the single note of the Dunlin ; the whole forming a scene 

 which gladdens the heart of the lover of bird life. And the 

 pleasure is increased from the knowledge that on Inch Moan the 

 birds can rear their young in safety, as the owner preserves it 

 strictly during the breeding season. 



The following is a list of the species which have occurred in the 

 Loch Lomond district.* 



Order i, HAP TOMES. Fam. FALCON IDA E. 



Golden Eagle, Aqiiila clmjsathis (Linnaeus). 

 Rare; but sometimes seen in the vicinity. 



White-tailed Eagle, IlaUactns alUcilla (Linnaeus). 

 Has been observed. 



OSPREY, Pandion halia'diis (Linnaeus). 



Used to breed on Inch Galbraith,t but none have been seen for 

 some years. 



Peregrine Falcon, Falco j^eregrinus. Gmelin. 

 Not very common, but breeds in the neighbourhood. 



HoLF.Y, Fako siibhuteo, Linnaeus. 



Once an inhabitant of the district, but never met with now. 

 It is included in the Ptcv. John Stewart's list of the birds of the 

 parish of Luss.J 



JNIerlin, Fako acsaloii. Gmelin. 



Not uncommon, but more rare than the Sparrow-ha^vk or 

 Kestrel. 



* The nomenclature and arrangement followed is that of Harting's " Hand- 

 book of British Birds," London, 1872. 



t " Sporting Days," by John Colquhoun, p. 105. 

 X " Statistical Account of Scotland," vol. xvii , p. 247. 



