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range up to 1700 feet. In the valley zone they are to be found in 

 summer in the wooded ravines and burn sides about Loch 

 Treighead. 



Twite, Acanthis flavirostris. 



The only portion of the Forest in which I have found this 

 moorland summer bird is the low heathery ground, below 1000 

 feet, about Loch Treighead, where, however, it is not common. 

 It seems to be entirely absent from the moorlands of the sub- 

 alpine zone. 



Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula. 



British Race, P. pyrrhula pikata. 



The British Bullfinch is resident in the Lodge gardens and 

 neighbouring pine plantations, and in the birch wood. In these 

 haunts it is common, but it does not appear to occur above 

 1400 feet. 



Reed-Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus. 



A few pairs are summer visitors to marshy haunts at the foot 

 of Loch Ossian at 1300 feet, and on Loch Treig side at 800 feet. 

 In 1 91 6 it was first observed at its nesting quarters at Loch Ossian 

 on the 6th of April. 



Snow-Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis. 



Chiefly a common winter visitor, but has occasionally been 

 observed in early autumn on the higher ground in the Forest. 

 It may possibly nest amid the mountains of the Corrour Forest ; 

 but though I devoted much time in searching for it in June 191 7, 

 no success attended my efforts. It is, however, known to nest not 

 far off, and birds seen in August may have been emigrants from 

 a neighbouring Forest. In the depth of winter it has been 

 sometimes observed in numbers as high as 3000 feet. In spring 

 it lingers until about mid-April. 



Sk.yla.rk, Alauda arve/isis. 



The very few Skylarks that are natives of the Forest are 

 veritable "birds of the wilderness," for they are to be found on wild 

 moorland ground, and at from 1200 to 1350 feet. It is one 

 of the rarest of the Corrour birds, for at most three pairs, and 

 sometimes only two, seek these solitudes for summer haunts. On 

 7th December 19 15 a waif appeared during a strong westerly 

 gale with snow and rain, but it only remained for the day. 



