1S82-83.] Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Glib. ^1 



Loiiarfellow's celebrated tree under which stood the " village 

 smithy," I found measured fifty feet through the lower branches ; 

 and several others, almost as large and as beautiful in their sym- 

 metry, were growing near. Beyond this point is the deer-park, 

 stocked with Kcd Deer. 



Such are the principal featui'es of The Haining : and perhaps 

 enough lias been said regarding it to show that it will well repay a 

 visit. Many beautiful and well-known spots, besides, are clustered 

 near, — names round which the " Minstrel of the Border " has woven 

 the magic of his verse, and the praises of which have been sung by 

 the Ettrick Shepherd and the Cumberland Bard. Amid such scenes 

 one would fain linger, while fancy peoples them with the forms of 

 the past, and the mind is soothed and the eye enchanted by the 

 beauty of the present. 



[In illustration of the above, a number of photographic views, by Mr A. 

 K. Edwards, Photographer, Selkirk, were exhibited.) 



X.— PITLOCHRY AND ITS BIRD-LIFE. 



By Mr ARCH. CRAIG, Jun. 



{Read Jan. 25, 1883.) 



It may seem a somewhat trite remark to observe in connection with 

 Pitlochry, that the district is an eminently beautiful one, the great 

 I^artialit^y shown for the neighbourhood by tourists and other sum- 

 mer visitors being of itself almost sufficient evidence, without dilat- 

 ing on its peculiar attractions, to warrant the assertion. Briefly 

 stated, the scenery shows the same endless variety that is so char- 

 acteristic a feature of our Northern Highlands, comprising all 

 gradations, from the desolate muirland to the richly wooded and 

 cultivated haughs, watered by the rivers Tummel and Garry, — 

 these being swelled in turn by the numerous tributaries that have 

 their origin in the muirs above, and to whose agency we are in- 

 debted for the many picturesque little glens that lend additional 

 charm to the locality. The woods especially call for particular 

 notice, from their extraordinary richness and diversity of character, 

 - — many of the trees, notably about Faskally, Killiecrankie, and sur- 

 roundings, having attained to considerable age, and, from their 

 large proportions and curious growth, ofter great scope for the 

 display of artistic and photographic talent. 



In addition to the scenic effects, there is no lack of Ferns, Mosses, 

 and other botanical treasures, to engage the attention of the botan- 



