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few squirrels and rats, numbers of Grouse and 

 Peewits, and on two or three occasions the young 

 of Curlew, Duck and Pigeons. 



The specimens were obtained in the northern 

 Highlands in 1877. 



A young bird which died almost as soon as it was 

 hatched is preserved in Case A. 



See " Kough Notes," Vol. I., Plates 9 and 11. 



KITE. (IMMATURE). 

 Case 242. 



The specimens, which were shot in Perthshire 

 in 1878, shew, the plumage of the young birds as 

 soon as they are able to leave the nest and before 

 the tail has acquired its full length. 



They are here represented as preying on a 

 Grouse, which is in my experience their favourite 

 food. 



I once counted the remains of over 30 Grouse 

 under the branches of one large Scotch Fir which 

 stood within a short distance of a nest ; some were 

 merely bleached and weather-beaten skeletons and 

 may possibly have lain, since the previous season. 

 See " Rough Notes," Vol L, Plate 10. 



GOOSANDER 

 Case 243. 



These birds make their appearance during 

 severe weather, frequenting both fresh and salt 

 water ; the numbers however that arrive are very 

 uncertain, depending greatly on the season, but 

 few being observed should the winter prove mild. 



If plentiful, they must be very undesirable 

 visitors to a trout stream, as the quantity of fish 

 they are capable of swallowing is something 

 enormous. 



