OSPREY 7 



White - tailed Eagle. The Osprey still breeds at 

 Loch-an-Eilan, Rothiemurcus, Inverness-shire, where 

 it is protected by Sir P. Grant ; also at Glencarwick, 

 in the same county, and at Lochluichart in Ross- 

 shire, where the keepers of Lady Ashburton have 

 strict orders to see that the birds are not molested. 

 In 1891 a pair nested at Loch Morlich, a few miles 

 from Loch-an-Eilan. A view of Ardvrack Castle, 

 on Loch Assynt, Sutherland, the old site of an Os- 

 prey's nest, is given in the " Fauna of Sutherland 

 and Caithness," p. 177. 



In June 1893 the Zoological Society awarded 

 two silver medals for the protection of the Osprey 

 in Scotland : one to Donald Cameron of Lochiel, the 

 other, intended for Sir J. Grant of Rothiemurcus 

 (then lately deceased), to Lieut.-Gen. Strachey, on 

 behalf of the relatives. 



Respecting the identity of the American and 

 European species, J. H. Gurney, sen., wrote: "The 

 Norwich Museum possesses an extensive series 

 of Ospreys from various parts of the world, and I 

 have no hesitation in expressing my belief that the 

 species is identical, not only on the coasts of North 

 America and Europe, but also on those of Africa, 

 Asia, and Australia" (Ibis, 1867, p. 465). 



PEREGRINE FALCON. Falco peregrinus, Gmelin. 

 PI. 2, figs. 1, 2, 2a. Length, $ 16 in, $ 19 in. ; wing, 

 $ 12-5 in, $ 14-5 in. ; tarsus, $ 2 in, $ 2-3 in. 



Breeds in the sea-cliffs on many parts of the coast, 

 migrating to the east and south-east in autumn. 



