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miles of uphill, eventually reaching the moors, where 

 a few Curlews and Peewits were soon on view, also 

 one pair of Wheatears, as well as the usual Meadow 

 Pipit. The Ring Ouzel (or Rock Ouzel, as he is 

 called here) does not appear to frequent these 

 uplands, which is curious, because there are many 

 spots well suited for him. We shortly reached the 

 rocks, and I was very disappointed in them. I very 

 much doubt if the Raven ever bred here ; he cer- 

 tainly does not now ; and I expect that my farmer 

 friend mixed up the Carrion Crow with his larger 

 cousin. I saw a Stock Dove leave the cliff, however, 

 and from the droppings on them I should say that 

 there was a Kestrel or two about. There are gener- 

 ally foxes in these rocks, and without doubt the 

 marten-cat once frequented them, for their Welsh 

 name implies as much. This cliff is not steep 

 enough for the Raven's requirements, but a shepherd 

 I met there told me that from time to time he sees a 

 pair pass over the glen at a great height, coming 

 from or going in the direction of L., where, he assured 

 me, they bred in a wood ; but I doubt this, for that 

 country is much overrun, 



April yth. — Found a Robin's nest in the lane out- 

 side my garden, built in the hole of an ivy-covered 

 tree ; also an unfinished Blackbird's, in a bramble. 

 In the evening strolled through the fir plantations 

 and shot a brace of Quest. 



April 8///.— Heard from Mr. S., Captain H.'s 

 partner in the moor at T., in Perthshire. He says 

 that two pairs of Peregrines breed there as a rule. 

 Captain H. is dead. Started about lo a.m. for C. 



