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curtain in doing so. 
killed. 
The Birds of Ballinluig, &e. 
[Sess, 
I have seen more than a dozen jays 
nailed to a keeper’s rail, most of them having been recently 
The following is the list of birds :-— 
Missel thrush, 
Song " 
Blackbird. 
Ring-ouzel, 
Wheatear. 
Whinchat, 
Stonechat. 
Redstart. 
Robin. 
Hedge-sparrow. 
W hitethroat. 
Garden warbler. 
Blackcap. 
Sedge warbler. 
Chiff-chaff (June 793). 
Willow warbler. 
Wood wren. 
Golden-crested wren. 
Long-tailed tit, 
Great " 
Blue " 
Cole " 
Marsh " 
93). 
Dipper. 
Wren. 
Pied wagtail. 
Grey on 
Tree pipit. 
Meadow pipit. 
Spotted flycatcher. 
Swallow. 
(June 
| House-martin. 
| Sand-martin. 
| 
Tree-creeper. 
Greenfinch. 
Goldfinch (July 795). 
| Siskin, 
House-sparrow. 
Chaffinch. 
| Linnet. 
Lesser redpoll. 
Twite, 
Bullfinch. 
Crossbill (August ’94). 
Corn bunting. 
Yellow 
Reed " 
Starling. 
Jay. 
Jackdaw. 
Raven. 
Carrion crow. 
Hooded 1 
Rook. 
Skylark. 
Swift. 
Kingfisher (June ’93). 
Cuckoo, 
Barn owl. 
Long-eared owl. 
Tawny owl. 
Buzzard. 
Sparrow-hawk. 
(2) BuatrR ATHOLL. 
Merlin. 
Kestrel. 
Common heron. 
Sheldrake. 
Mallard. 
Teal. 
Goosander (May ’97). 
W 0od-pigeon, 
Stock-dove. 
Capercailzie. 
Black grouse. 
Red " 
Pheasant. 
Partridge. 
Corncrake, 
Moor-hen. 
Coot. 
Ringed plover, 
Golden "W 
Lapwing. 
Oyster-catcher. 
Woodcock. 
Sandpiper. 
Redshank. 
Curlew. 
Common tern. 
Black-headed gull. 
Common " 
Lesser black-backed gull. 
Guillemot (Sept. 799). 
Puffin. 
Little grebe. 
Leaving Ballinluig, we proceed to Blair Atholl, a distance — 
of eleven miles or so. 
The scenery now becomes more 
Highland. Passing Pitlochry with its hydropathics, we are 
soon running through the historical Pass of Killiecrankie. 
To see the pass properly, one must walk through it. 
The 
chief object of interest at Blair Atholl is, of course, the castle, 
the residence of the Duke of Atholl. 
to be buried in the old churchyard near the castle. 
Claverhouse is said 
The © 
Falls of Bruar, immortalised by Burns, are well worth seeing. 
MacGillivray gives a most interesting account of spending a 
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