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" appears as No. i from what I have observed 



"the characters of both Canary Plague and Parrot 

 "Ship Fever are identical. ..." 



In this conclusion Sir E. Millais was perfectly 

 right. The photographs and the pathological details 

 furnished by him, combined with the clinical phe- 

 nomena so well described by Dr. Greene, coincide 

 exactly with my own independent observations. 

 {To be continued). 



Bn ©rnitbolooiet in the 2)cer jTorests. 



By H. GOODCHILD, M.B.O.U. 



v^UKiNG three summers spent in the Highlands 

 n I of Scotland I had the opportunity of much 

 ^J-^ wandering in the remote mountain hunting 

 grounds so well known under the name of Deer 

 Forests. It ma3^ not be commonly known that it is the 

 exception, rather than the rule, for a " Deer Forest" 

 to have any forest, in the ordiuar}^ sense of the word, 

 on it at all. 



Both in work and on pleasure, sketching and 

 trout fishing, I was most of my time on forest ground, 

 and got to know the nature of the forests better than 

 does the visitor who drives through the country 

 on a coach, or who stays at one of the quiet inns, even 

 if he can find the time and opportunity to climb any 

 of these mountains with unpronounceable Gaelic names. 



The nature of the ground composing a forest 

 varies considerably, even in a given area, like Wester 

 Ross, which is generally considered to be the home of 

 the deer, and therefore the most characteristic, as far 

 as scenery and country go, of all Scotland. 



In central Ross Shire there are large moorlands, 

 which, even if given over to the deer, would not retain 

 them as do the steeper grounds, especially if there be 



