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golden plover, the screech of the red-throated diver 

 (a common bird on the mountain lakes), or the croak 

 of the raven, will immediately cause them to start 

 off at speed, nor will they stop till they have gone 

 a considerable distance from the fancied danger they 

 have been warned of by the birds. 



On one occasion I had marked down a fine stag 

 with two hinds in ground well adapted for a success- 

 ful stalk, and having the wind in my favour, and 

 plenty of cover in the shape of large gneiss boulders, 

 was rapidly approaching within shot, when I heard 

 the harsh alarm croak of a raven above me, and 

 saw the stag and hinds, on hearing the sound, start 

 up hurriedly, and bound off at their utmost speed, 

 convinced of the existence of some approaching 

 enemy by the ca]l-note of their feathered ally, 

 though otherwise totally unaware of my presence. 



