NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 243 



PTARMIGAN. 



LAGOPUS MUTUS, Leach. 106. 



Said to be less plentiful than formerly, but I had few oppor- 

 tunities of judging. Any times I was "up amongst the stones," I 

 certainly neither saw nor heard a bird. 



Ohs. The Dotterell {C. morinelhis) in the Dunrobin Museum was 

 obtained on Ben Clibrich on 18th June, 1846.' 



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KINGED PLOVER. 



AEGIA LITIS HIATIGULA (L.) 109. 

 Mr Mackenzie informs me that hundreds of eggs are annually 

 laid upon the sandy links at Dornoch. In the west they have, 

 apparently, slightly increased in numbers at the locality alluded 

 to in my previous communication. 



LAPWING. 



VANELLUS GRIST ATUS, Meyer. 109. 



Appears to me to be somewhat commoner close below Inchna- 

 damph, where I do not remember seeing them in 1869, or years 

 previous. 



OYSTER CATCHER. 



HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS (L.) 109. 



Has only occasionally been seen inland, quite seldom enough to 

 merit remark by the natives when they are observed. 



HERON. 



ARDEA CINEREA, L. 110. 



The numbers upon Loch Beannoch appear to me to be fewer. 

 (See introductory remarks, page 227). 



Mr T. Mackenzie writes : — " I have seen eggs hatched out 22d 

 March, and have received fresh eggs (under-sized) in the end of 



* I cannot obtain a scrap of reliable information regarding its breeding in 

 the county. 



