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and are 1 foot 10 inches deep. They are constructed of the best 

 Tabasco mahogany ; each door is 3 feet 3 inches wide, and of plate- 

 glass in one whole sheet ; there are no locks, but each door is screwed 

 home to a stop covered with silk velvet, by means of seven square- 

 threaded screws. 



The local birds occupy these cases, along three of the four walls. 

 They are arranged on plate-glass shelves, the shelves in turn being 

 supported on T-irons fitted into studded iron plates. Thanks largely 

 to the labours of Colonel Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, this de- 

 partment is well-nigh complete. With very few exceptions, we possess 

 a specimen of every bird recorded from the district, and in nearly all 



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instances they are well-stuffed, and the attitudes are good. Among 

 the chief treasures of this local collection are the Black-throated 

 Thrush, Grasshopper Warbler, Great Grey Shrike, Waxwing, 

 Hawfinch, Rose-coloured Pastor, Great Spotted and Green Wood- 

 peckers, Hoopoe ; Osprey, Gyr-Falcon, a particularly fine series of 

 Golden Eagles in different stages of plumage, and a very fine series 

 of Peregrine Falcons ; a good series of Ruddy Shelldrakes, a pair 

 of Smews, which are extremely rare with us ; a series of Ptarmigan 

 showing seasonal changes for every two months from January to 

 November ; Pallas' Sand Grouse ; Spotted Crake, Black-tailed 

 Godwit, Bittern, Green Sandpiper, Pomatorhine Skua, Little Auk, 

 Red-necked Grebe, and Eared Grebe. 



The cases along the remaining: wall are destined to contain the 



