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night among the hills here. Scrope, in his ‘ Deer-Stalking,’ 
also tells many curious stories about the district and the 
characters he met with when residing in it. We were shown 
a rock in the Tilt where a celebrated chieftain, the Mackin- 
tosh, held his court, and every time he did so a man was 
hung. This gave rise to the saying in the district, when any 
important event takes place, “It’s not every day the 
Mackintosh holds his court.” 
The Atholl Gathering, held in September, is well worth 
seeing. The Duke has an armed retinue of two or three 
hundred of his men, who meet at the castle and march 
to a field close at hand, where Highland games of all kinds 
are engaged in, prizes being given by the ducal family. The 
public are admitted to the park, and the sports are always 
well attended. 
The list of birds comprises 62 species, as follows :— 
Missel thrush. Greenfinch. Ring-dove. _ 
Song " ; House-sparrow. Capercailzie. 
Fieldfare. Chaffinch. Black grouse. 
Blackbird. Twite. Red " 
Wheatear. Yellow bunting. Pheasant. 
Redstart. Starling. Partridge. 
Redbreast. Jay (one in 1900), Moor-hen. 
Willow wren. Jackdaw. Coot. 
Hedge-sparrow. Carrion crow. Golden plover, 
Dipper. Hooded 1 Lapwing. 
Long-tailed tit. Rook. Oyster-catcher. 
Great 4 Skylark. Snipe. 
Cole " Swift. Sandpiper. 
Blue " Cuckoo. Redshank. 
Wren. Sparrow-hawk. Curlew. 
Pied wagtail. Common heron, Common tern, 
Grey i Mallard. Black-headed gull. 
Tree pipit. Teal. Common " 
Meadow pipit. Widgeon. Lesser black-backed 
Swallow. Pochard. gull, 
House-martin, Tufted duck, Little grebe, 
(3) Fossoway, 
We now proceed to Fossoway, or the “ Crook of Devon,” so 
named because the village is situated at the bend of the river 
Devon. The name is said to signify “haunt of the deer.” I 
animals during my visit to the district. Fossoway is situated 
partly in Kinross-shire and partly in Perthshire, the village 
