232 FIELD-NOTES FOR THE YEAR. CH. XVII. 



CHAPTEE XVII. 



JUNE. 



Trout-fishing — Sea-trout in the Findhorn — Breeding -place 

 of Black -headed Gulls— Salmon -fishing— Gray Crows — 

 Hair Worms— Fishing— Cromarty— Goats— The Peregrine 

 Falcon. 



In June the trout begin to feed more freely, and 

 from most Highland streams the sportsman may 

 reckon on a good basketful if the day is tolerable. 

 There is a kind of trout in the Findhorn which 

 frequent only the lower pools near the sea ; higher 

 up I never saw them ; the fishermen call them 

 " brown lugs." In appearance they are between 

 a sea and a river trout : they seldom exceed a 

 pound and a half in weight. 



One day, about the 1st of June, when fishing in 

 a clear pool near the mouth of the river, a large 

 trout came out from under the bank, and darted 

 over my fly without taking it. I changed the fly, 

 and he did the same thine;. I tried him with a 

 dozen different sorts, and he invariably played the 

 same trick, coming out from under the bank, dash- 

 ing at the fly, then turning short round or rolling 

 over it. At last a miniature black midge in my 



