2 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



ground, at iooo feet, on the side of the main stream which flows 

 into the head of Loch Treig. 



Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra. 



A few resort each summer to rough grassy ground where whins 

 and other cover flourish. In such haunts it is to be found nesting 

 at from 800 to 1350 feet. 



Wheatear, (Enanthe iv nan the. 



A common summer visitor to the moors, mountain sides, and 

 stoney tops. In such situations it nests up to at least 3100 feet, 

 and probably higher. In 191 7 was first noted on the 7th of April. 



Hedge-Accentor, Accentor ^nodularis. 



This is another of the feathered colonists which have followed 

 man into these remote regions. Like the bird itself, its require- 

 ments are modest in the extreme, for a pair have taken up their 

 abode in the few square yards of garden at Corrour station, the 

 summit ridge (1350 feet) of the West Highland Railway. It is now 

 also a resident species, though few in numbers, in the Lodge and 

 other gardens, and in the adjacent pine plantations at 1300 feet. 

 Beyond these haunts it has not been observed in the Forest. 



Dipper, Cinclus cinclus. 



British Race, C. cinclus britannicus. 



The Water Ouzel is at home on the rivers, burns, and lochs, up 

 to an elevation of 1800 feet. The higher reaches of the mountain 

 burns, however, with their rugged boulder-strewn beds and rushing 

 torrents, are quite unsuited to its peculiar aquatic habits. In 

 winter it seems quite at home on the ice fringing the open water 

 on Loch Ossian ; where, too, I frequently observed it alight on 

 the water and swim about and dive after the manner of a Dabchick. 



Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes. 



Very common and resident in the ravines and among rocks 

 and undergrowth in the birch wood, where it occurs as high as 

 1700 feet. It is also numerous in the plantations of young pines, 

 and is not infrequent in .the Lodge gardens, and on the burn sides 

 of both the subalpine and valley zones. 



Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola. 



Another interesting visitor which is not uncommon during 

 spring and summer. Its chief haunts are in the birch wood, 



