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man informed me that this was called in Gaelic " The Hawk's Crag/' 

 and that he used to destroy a nest of the " Hunting Hawk " there 

 every year. A mile or two on, we came to " The Raven's Crag/' 

 about which those birds were barking or croaking angrily. The nest 

 was in full view^ but not accessible without strong ropes and men ; 

 and though we could get very near it, I did not see into it. In 

 passing this rock on the 10th of May, my companion informed me 

 that it was the place in which Mr. St. John ['Tour in Sutherland- 

 shire/ vol. i. p. 70] found the young Falcons the year before. It is 

 not far from the road, and we went up to it, and saw the two old 

 birds scolding ; but, though we had the ropes, I made no attempt at 

 the nest, being convinced that it was dangerous of access for a small 

 force of men, and in all probability it would have young ones in it. 

 These rocks are finely situated for making descents upon the lake. 



§ 223. Three. — Sutherlandshire, April 1849. From Mr. Dun- 

 bar's Collection. 



These three eggs I pm'chased of Mr. Dunbar, at Tongue. He had 

 taken them, a few days before, from a rock which another person 

 pointed out to me. On the 30th of April 1 saw, near this place, a 

 pair of Falcons flying rapidly past, uttering wild cries, as though 

 they had a nest at no great distance. 



§ 224. Two.—\%\q of Wight, 1851. From Mr. John Evans's 

 Collection, 1853. 



These were taken on the cliffs, with the assistance of a rope, by a 

 lighthouse-keeper, from whom Mr. Evans obtained them on his visit 

 there the same year. This man's father lost his life on the same 

 cliff". He had gone out alone, and had secured the rope to a crowbar, 

 but not sufficieutly well. It was said that he had not liked to share 

 the eggs with any one else. 



§ 225. Six — Orkneys, 1851. From Mr. George Harvey. 



^ 226. Two.— Ai'gyllshire, 2 May, 1852. 



Sent to me by the captor, with the Eagle's eggs before mentioned 

 [§ 31]. 



