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The specimens with their nest and eggs were 

 obtained among the hills near Kenlochewe, in the 

 west of Ross-shire, in May, 1868. 



See " Hough Notes," Vol. I., Plate 8. 



HERON. 



Case 67. 



Formerly at the head of the game list the 

 Heron, since the decline of hawking, has fallen 

 from its proud estate, and at the present day is 

 but little esteemed by any save plumassiers. 



It usually nests in trees in smaller or larger 

 communities known by the name of " Heronries." 



The sketch from which the case is copied was 

 taken at the Cromarty Rocks, on the north-east 

 coast of Scotland, where some hundreds of these 

 birds construct their nests in the ivy-covered face of 

 the cliffs. 



I am not acquainted with more than one or 

 two other localities in the British Islands where 

 Herons build in similar situations. 



A few pairs, however, generally rear their 

 young on a steep hill-side above an almost 

 inaccessible loch in the Western Highlands. 



The specimens in the case were obtained at 

 the Cairn Rhui on the north part of the Cromarty 

 Rocks, in May, 1869. 



See " Rough Notes," Vol. II., Plate 15. 



BLACK GROUSE. 



Case 68. 



Though a few of these fine birds are still to be 

 met with even in the most southern counties, we 

 must cross the Tweed before we can observe them 

 in their true home. 



During August the young Black Game are 



