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wise from that of the Black-throated Diver seen iu Scotland. 

 The eggs were about 18 in. from the water's edge, and were 

 laid in a patch of flowering Buck-bean. At least two pairs 

 were breeding in the district. I saw also the nests and eggs 

 of Dabchick, Teal, Ked-breasted Merganser, and Common 

 Sandpiper. 



Corn Crakes ai'e very abundant in the Bosses ; wherever a 

 patch of Meadow-grass is seen a pair or two take up their 

 abode, and so far lay aside the habits of caution which 

 characterize them in England as to fly and perch in full view 

 or stand on a mole-hill and croak whilst one watches them. 

 One nest found in a bed of nettles contained ten eggs. 



"We noticed the Book, Grey Wagtail, and Eing Ouzel 

 about fifteen miles inland ; the Chaffinch, Coot, and Dipper, 

 about twenty; and the Greenfinch and Missel Thrush, 

 twenty-five ; the House Martin not until we reached the 

 Bailway Terminus of Stranorlar, say, thirty miles from the 

 sea. 



