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Gallinago gallinula (L.); Jack Snipe. — Common in 

 winter. Said to breed in Glenartney. I have received eggs 

 from keepers from that locality, and have been assured that 

 they were of this bird, but from its known breeding-range 

 this is extremely improbable. 



SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA (L.); Woodcock ; Crom-nan-duilloeag 

 (" the wounded," from oblique manner of flying). — Common 

 throughout the year. It was first noticed to breed in 1848. 



Eallus aquaticus (L.) ; Water Eail. — Not common. It is 

 generally in the months of February or March that it 

 occurs. 



Ortygometra porzana (Bechst.); Land Eail; Trean-ri- 

 trean (" bird of the clearance " made for growing any crop). 

 — Common, but not nearly so much so as it was fifty years 

 ago. They usually arrive from the middle to the end of 

 May. 



Gallinula chloropus (L.); Moorhen.— Very common in 

 all suitable localities. I found a nest in the beginning of 

 last June in the centre of a tuft of rushes, in an open moor, 

 about a mile from the nearest water. 



Fulica atra (L.) ; Coot. — Common, arriving in April and 

 leaving in autumn. 



Mareca PENELOPE (L.); Wigeon. — Eare. Sometimes shot 

 on Loch Vennachar. 



Anas acuta (L.); Pintail. — Mr Colquhoun informs me 

 that he saw a small flock of this species on Loch Vennachar 

 about 1840. 



Anas boschas (L.); Wild Duck; ToTi^a^ (" wavelet "). — 

 Plentiful throughout the year. 



QuERQUEDULA CRECCA (L.); Teal; Crann-lach ("dwarf- 

 duck "). — Tolerably common. 



FuLiGULA CRiSTATA (Eay); Tufted Duck. — Eare. Females 

 are sometimes shot on Loch Vennachar. 



Mergus castor (L.); Goosander. — Eare, though it has bred 

 on the banks of the Teith. To assure myself of this fact, I 

 wrote to the owner of the property where the nest was, and 

 I give his reply verbatim : " The goosanders nested in the 

 park here, the year before last (1877), but not again last 

 year. Their nest was on the grass among the roots of an old 



