76 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



(2) Always to be on good terms with the farmers 

 and (more particularly) with the shepherds. 



When it is considered that a shepherd is over the 

 ground nearly every day in the year,* and, if so 

 inclined, can report anything going wrong, f the ad- 

 vantage of making an ally of him will, I think, be 

 easily recognised. 



There is no vermin ever so destructive on a moor as 

 a badly-fed colly dog. 



Old birds are frequently caught on their nests, and 

 the young or eggs are bolted whole. 



Anyone taking the trouble to look at the droppings 

 of a colly can easily see whether he has been living 

 on eggs or young birds. 



If the shepherd has an interest in the game, he will 

 look well after his dogs, and keep them to heel when 

 not working them. 



I found it a good plan to give each shepherd one 

 penny a head for every Grouse bagged on his beat. He 

 was then certain to do his utmost to preserve the 

 game and promote the sport. 



I have often heard shepherds in different parts of 

 the Highlands complain of the way they had been 

 treated by the shooting tenants ; and when this is the 

 case, it is no wonder that the sport is not so good as 

 it ought to be. 



The specimens in the case were shot on the Innerwick 

 Moors, in Glenlyon, in Perthshire, in October, 1865. 



* Which, with the numerous duties he has to attend to, can 

 certainly not be expected of even the most energetic of game- 

 keepers. 



t Which he certainly will, if he knows it is to his own ad- 

 vantage. 



