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Eosehall, and the level lands bordering the Oykel river. It is 

 not uncommon in cultivated districts generally, and was traced 

 to the northern coast by Mr Selby in 1834. 



BLACK HEADED BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS, Linnaeus. 

 Common on the banks of lochs and streams. 



YELLOW BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA CITRINELLA, Linnaeus. 

 Common in suitable localities. 



SKY LAEK. 



A LAUD A ARVENSIS, Linnaeus. 



Found plentifully in cultivated districts, but not frequenting 

 the wilder moors, as is its habit in the Outer Hebrides. It is 

 specially abundant around Scowrie. Mr Selby heard of its 

 occurrence " within a few hundred yards of Cape Wrath." 



BULLFINCH. 



P7RRHULA VULGARIS, Temminck. 



Not seen in the west : plentiful in the east. " Observed at 

 Tongue " (Mr J. Crawford). Mr Dunbar says it breeds regularly 

 in Sutherland and Caithness ("Ibis," 1865, p. 130). 



COMMON CROSSBILL. 



LOXIA CURV I ROSTRA {Linnaeus). 



Mr St. John, in 1849, says: "The Crossbill has of late years 

 become numerous in the fir-woods, and will probably become 

 more so when the magnificent plantations of the Duke of Suther- 

 land grow to a height suited to these amusing birds" ("Tour in 

 Sutherland," Vol. i., 128). Whether they have increased since 

 St. John's time or not I cannot positively afiirm, but they are 

 certainly abundant at Dunrobin, and they breed sparingly in 

 another locality. Mr A. G. More inchides them in sub-province 

 35, and says, "it breeds probably in Sutherland." I have not 



