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OSPREY. 

 Case 246. 



In several of the northern counties of Scotland 

 the Osprey may still be met with during the 

 summer months. At the present time by far the 

 greater number of nests are to be found on trees, 

 while, if we are to believe old reports, the majority 

 were placed on isolated crags of rock in fresh 

 water lochs, and in a few instances on ruined 

 castles. 



The specimens were obtained in the northern 

 Highlands in 1877. 



See Rough Notes," Vol. L, Plate 6. 



GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 

 Case 247. 



This appears to have been a numerous species 

 in the Highlands some 50 or 60 years ago. In 

 several districts the largest trees in the forests 

 (many of them now dead) bear countless marks of 

 their boring. 



In the south they are still to be found 

 scattered over the wooded districts in almost every 

 county. 



The specimens were obtained in Ashdown 

 Forest, Sussex, in June, 1880. 



WHITE- WINGED TERN. 



Case 248. 



The present species is but an accidental visitor 

 to our shores, those previously obtained having 

 been for the most part met with during spring and 

 summer, in the eastern counties. 



No recorded instance of the immature bird 

 occurring in this country has come under my 



