64 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Golden Eagle. — Aquila chrysaetus (Linnaeus). Towards the 

 middle of last century, according to Pennant,* eagles were so 

 common in Rannoch, that the commissioners of the forfeited 

 estates offered a reward of five shillings for every one that was 

 destroyed; in a little time such numbers were brought in that the 

 Honourable Board reduced the premium to three shillings and 

 sixpence. This and the endless war waged against them by game- 

 keepers, sufficiently explains the comparative rarity of their 

 appearance in this part of Perthshire at the present time. They are 

 still occasionally to be seen, however, frequenting the high tops of 

 Ferragon, Ben Lawers, Schiehallion, &c. The keeper at Killie- 

 chassie told me that he came upon one suddenly on a misty day 

 near the top of Ferragon in 1873. 



White-tailed Eagle. — Haliaetus albicilla (Linnaeus). An Eagle 

 of this species was seen on Loch Tummel by Henry Hussey's son, 

 and a few days afterwards at Loch Erricht.f I have heard of two 

 others being seen and killed, one in Glen Lyon, and the other on 

 Ben Lawers. 



Kite. — Milvus ictinus (Savigny). Though much rarer than 

 formerly, this species still exists in considerable numbers in the 

 wilder parts of Perthshire. 



Honey Buzzard. — Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus). Macgillivray | 

 mentions the occurrence of a nest in the woods of Aberfeldy on 

 the authority of Mr. J. M. Brown. Dr. Robertson of Dunkeld 

 also got one at Dalguise in the autumn of 1836. The New 

 Statistical Account says one was shot at Dunkeld some years 

 before 1845, and is in the possession of the Honourable Fox 

 Maule, Birnam Lodge. 



Osprey. — Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus). Has been shot by 

 Mr. Dewar on Loch Tay, and though not common, is not a very 

 rare bird. It is to be seen on the Tay sometimes in the neighbour- 

 hood of Dunkeld. 



GALLINAE. 



Obs. Pallas' Sand-Grouse. — Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas). One 

 of this species was sent in a hamper of game from Perth to Mr. A. 

 Kuthven, gamedealer, Liverpool, and is now in Derby Museum. 

 It is not known from what district of Perthshire it came. 



* Pennant's "Tour," Vol. iii., p. 24. f Zoologist, 1864, p. 9206. 



% Macgillivray 's " British Birds,", Vol. III., p. 738. 

 § Zoologist, 1863, p. 8689. 



