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The Scottish Naturalist 



No. 73.] 1918 [January. 



WILD LIFE IN A WEST HIGHLAND 

 DEER FOREST 



By William Eagle Clarke, LL.D. 



{Continued from "Scottish Naturalist" 1917, page 288.) 



Redstart, Phcenicurus phoznicurus. 



A common summer visitor to the Loch Ossian birch wood, 

 where it nests at least as high as 1630 feet. It also frequents the 

 wooded glens which furrow the sides of Loch Treig, where it is to 

 be met with at an altitude of 1000 feet or more. 



Redbreast, Erithacus rubecula. 



British Race, E. rubecula melophilus. 



A few, possibly colonists, pass the entire year in the Lodge and 

 other gardens at the foot of Loch Ossian (1300 feet). It is, 

 however, commoner as a summer visitor to the birch wood, where 

 it ranges as high as 1600 feet. It emigrates in the autumn, 

 returning in spring. It appears to be confined to the subalpine 

 zone of the Forest, for it was not observed at Loch Treighead during 

 several yearly visits paid to that locality in the month of June. 



Stonechat, Saxicola rubicola. 



This bird is very local, and is doubtless a summer visitor. I 

 have observed a pair for several years in succession on some rough 



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