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the eggs, and went back again a week after, but she never returned, 

 so I took the whole of them." 



I have brought for your inspection the bird which was sent and 

 some of the eggs. It is very likely that there may be other instances 

 on record of this bird breeding in Scotland, but, if so, I am not 

 aware of them. At any rate it is as yet a comparatively rare 

 breeding species, and therefore may be a subject of some interest 

 to the Society. 



Mr. Harvie-Brown and other members made some remarks on 

 the importance of the information communicated by Mr. Long. 



II. — Notes on the Birds of the North-west of Perthshire. 

 By Mr. William Horn. 



Under the above heading I mean to include all that part of 

 Perthshire which is watered by the Tay and its tributaries above 

 Dunkeld, a district full of interest to the ornithologist on account 

 of its varied character. It includes the valleys of the Garry, 

 Tummel, Lyon, Dochart, and Bran; Lochs Tay, Tummel, Rannoch, 

 and Ericht; as well as some of the highest mountains in Scotland. 

 The character of the country, though for the most part rugged and 

 mountainous, is toned down by the numerous woods of pine and 

 birch which fringe most of the rivers and lochs, while in the larger 

 valleys there is a considerable extent of arable ground. This is 

 especially the case in Strath Tay, where there is a considerable 

 breadth of cultivated ground between the hills and the river. The 

 mountains of Ben Lawers and Schiehallion, between Lochs 

 Tay and Rannoch ; Ben More, in Glen Dochart ; Ben-y-Gloe, above 

 the Pass of Glen Tilt; and Ben Brackie, overhanging the Pass of 

 Killiecrankie, oner an occasional resting-place to the Golden and 

 White-tailed Eagles, while the Ptarmigan and Snow Bunting breed 

 on their highest tops. Game birds of all kinds abound on the 

 lower hills, especially the Bed Grouse, the pursuit of which 

 annually attracts numbers of sportsmen from all parts of the 

 kingdom. Nowhere, perhaps, in Scotland is this bird to be found 

 in greater abundance. 



The well-wooded glens with which the country abounds, among 

 which may be mentioned Glen Lyon, Glen Bruar, the Pass of 

 Killiecrankie, and the woods at the Falls of Moness, near Aber- 

 feldy, are favourite resorts of the warblers and small birds of all 



