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I am bound to confess my inability to identify some of the above- 

 mentioned species, though most of them are easily recognisable. 

 *' Turtle-doves" are probably Wood Pigeons, as distinguished from 

 " dowes," which are doubtless Rock Pigeons. " Shot-whaips" are 

 Whimbrels, and " bewters " Bitterns; but what " routs '' may be, or 

 have been, I am at a loss to conjecture. As to the " lair-igigh or 

 knag," I may not be far wrong in supposing it to be the Common 

 Crossbill, some idea of its making " place for her nest in the oak 

 trie " having been simply suggested to the author's mind by the 

 curious formation of the bill. 



2. " A Tour in Scotland," by T. Pennant, contains notes 



on the birds and animals of Sutherland and Caithness, - 1769 



3. " Tour in Scotland and Voyage to. the Hebrides," also 



by Pennant, 1774 



4. " The Statistical Account of Scotland " — Sutherland- 

 shire, . - 1793 



5. " On the Quadrupeds and Birds inhabiting the County 

 of Sutherland, etc.," by P. L. Selby, Esq., and Sir W. Jardine, 

 Bart, (contained in the Edinr. New Phil. Journal, Jan., April), 1836 



6. " The New Statistical Account of Scotland " — Suther- 

 landshire, - - - 1841 



7. " A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles," 



by James Wilson, 1842 



8. "Wild Sports of the Highlands," by Charles St. John, 1846 



9. " The Birds of Sutherland and Ross-shire," by Milner, 

 (contained in the Zoologist), ------ 1848 



10. " Tour in Sutherland," by Charles St. John, in which 



a list of the Birds of Sutherland is given, - - - - 1849 



11. "Notes on the Ornithology of Caithness," by Messrs 

 Shearer and Osl^orne (contained in Proc. Roy. Physical Soc. of 

 Edinburgh, Vol. ii.), 1861 



A full list of all the species obtained in that county up to 

 date is given; but it is founded principally on a collection 

 formed by Dr Sinclair, of Wick, previous to 1840, which, as 

 we are informed, contained 191 species. In Vol. iii. of the 

 Proceedings also, mention is made of various rare species 

 recorded as obtained in Sutherland and Caithness. 



12. "On the Distribution of Birds in Great Britain dur- 

 ing th6 nesting season," by A. G. More (contained in the 

 Ibis), 1865 



