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might require assistance to enable them to prosecute their 

 studies at the University. He recognised that the secret of 

 education lies in the effort of the pupil, that to cultivate the 

 scientific spirit is more than to make a storehouse of the 

 mind, and to this end his own teaching led. 



Trail's life was regulated by a Spartan simplicity, a 

 devotion to duty, a fearless uprightness, and a sturdy belief 

 in the justice of his cause; the motto of his science might 

 have been Observe and observe again, for observation is 

 the foundation of Truth. Because he himself worked in this 

 belief his contributions will retain a permanent and im- 

 portant place in the annals of Scottish zoology and natural 

 history. J. R. 



Additional Breeding Places of the Great Crested 

 Grebe in Scotland. 



New Breeding Place of the Great Crested Grebe in 

 Selkirkshire. In response to the request for additional informa- 

 tion as to breeding places of the Great Crested Grebe in the 

 May-June number of the Scottish Naturalist I am sending the 

 following note : 



In April 1918 I saw a Great Crested Grebe swimming on 

 Cauldshiels Loch, a small sheet of water on the borders of 

 Selkirkshire (the boundary of Roxburghshire runs along the north 

 side). I imagined the bird was resting, as at that time of year 

 it did not seem a suitable breeding place owing to want of cover. 

 About ten days later there were a pair of the birds. They waited 

 patiently for some weeks until the reeds had sufficiently grown 

 to hide a nest, which they then built. Eggs were laid, but how 

 many I am unable to say as the nest was disturbed and no young 

 were hatched. 



This year, 1919, a single bird (the male I think) turned up 

 again about the same time, and was duly joined by the other. 

 After waiting again for the necessary cover, a nest was built 

 about 20 yards west of last year's one. I am glad to say that 

 it has not been disturbed, and that three young birds have been 

 hatched out. With one or two friends who have been watching 

 the Grebes, I visited the Loch last Sunday. The old birds were 

 swimming about outside the reeds in front of the nest, and, as 



