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(Certhiafamiliaris), Glen Nevis, June 24; cushat (Columha 

 palumhus), Inverlochy Castle, June 9 ; rock dove {C. livia), 

 on the wing beyond Auchintore, July 5 ; pheasant (Phasianus 

 colchiciis), Inverlochy Castle ; partridge {Perdix cinerea) ; 

 black grouse {Tetrao tetrix), common; red grouse {T 

 scoticiis), common; *ptarmigan (T. lagopus), common 

 golden plover (Charadrius pluvicdis), Meall an t'Suidhe, July 

 12; the ring-plover (C. hiaticida), common; lapwing 

 {Vanellus cristatus), common; oyster catcher {ffcematopus 

 ostralegus), common; curlew (Numeniiis arquata), common; 

 common sandpiper {Tetanus hypoleucos). Glen Nevis, June 

 24, Tor Castle, June 18; common snipe {Scolopax galinago), 

 common; *jack snipe (>S'. gallimola); * woodcock (S. rusticola); 

 the heron (Ardea cinerea), Corpach Moss, Banks of Lochy, 

 Allt Coire an Lochan, Lochan Meall an t'Suidhe; *bittern 

 {BotauT2is stellaris), informant had heard of one having been 

 shot long ago ; water rail {Rallus aqiiaticus), ditch near 

 Corpach Moss, July 13 ; corn crake {Crex pratensis), common ; 

 *wild goose (Anas anser) ; *wild swan {Gygnus musicus) ; 

 wild duck {Anas hoschas), Lochy, June 18; guillemot (Uria 

 troile) ; Richardson's skua (Lestris richardsonii), Loch Linnhe, 

 July 5 ; kittiwake {Bissa tridactyla), Loch Linnhe, July 5 ; 

 *lesser black-backed gull (Larus fusctcs) ; common gull (X. 

 camis) ; brown-hooded mew (X. ridibundus) ; the common 

 tern {Sterna hirtcndo), on the wing, frequent. 



Notes. 



Golden eagle {Aquila chrysaetus). — One of Lord Abinger's 

 keepers informed me that he " believed a pair of golden 

 eagles were nesting on the steep face of Ben Nevis." The 

 place indicated is the precipitous cliffs on the north-east of 

 the mountain, forming an almost perpendicular front of about 

 1500 feet high. In the hope of getting a look at the birds, 

 I resolved to walk up the corrie between Ben Nevis and 

 Carn Dearg, but was hindered. On the day after the talk 

 with the keeper (the 16th of July), when toilsomely zig- 

 zagging up the rough stone-covered slope above the lake — 

 Lochan Meall an t'Suidhe — bent on boulder hunting, my 

 attention was drawn to the north by the sharp harsh cry of a 



