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SHOET TOUR IN SUTHERLAND. 



FIELD-NOTES FOR THE YEAR CONTINUED. 



CHAPTEE XXL 



OCTOBER. PART I. 



Migration of Birds Quails Arrival of Wild-geese White- 

 fronted Goose Arrival of Wild-swans ; decrease of Feast- 

 ings of our Ancestors Food of Ducks, etc. Field-mice 

 Roe feeding Hawks Peregrine and Wild -duck Train- 

 ing of Hawks Migration of Eagles. 



OCTOBER is, in this country, one of the finest months 

 of the whole year. The cold cutting winds of 

 November are frequently preceded by bright, clear, 

 sunshiny weather, most enjoyable and invigorating 

 to all whose avocations and amusements keep them 

 much in the open air. The birds, both migratory 

 and stationary, begin now to establish themselves 

 in their winter quarters ; and scarcely a day passes 

 which is not marked by the arrival or departure, or 

 the winter preparations of some of the feathered 

 races in this country. 



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