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haps better described as a vast waste of moorland with 

 oases of woodland, and in the east and south a consider- 

 able portion of reclaimed land and forest-growth. 



Sources of Information. 



Of published records of the Fauna of Sutherland, the 

 authors have consulted the following, which are believed 

 by them to represent all that has been published, or 

 nearly so : — 



A Tour in Scotland. J. Pennant. 1769. 



Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides. J. Pennant. 

 1774. 



The Old Statistical Account of Scotland, consisting of 21 8vo 

 volumes, each of from 500 to 600 pages, published between 

 1791 and 1797, and containing separate accounts of no less 

 than 938 parishes, with many references to the Faunas of 

 these parishes, some of which are valuable, and others of 

 little use. 



A History of the Earldom of Sutherland, to the year 1630, 

 by Sir Robert Gordon, Bart. ; first published in 1813, giv- 

 ing a curious account, often before quoted, 'of the Ferae 

 Naturae which roamed through the great old forests of those 

 days. 



Macgillivray's British Quadrupeds (Naturalist's Library, vol. 

 xvii.) 1833. 



On the Quadrupeds and Birds Inhabiting the County of Suther- 

 land, by P. L. Selby and Sir W. Jardine, Bart. Edin. New 

 Phil. Journal, January and April. 1836. 



A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles, by James 

 Wilson. 1842. 



The New Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xv., relating to 

 Sutherland, and published in 1845. 



Wild Sports of the Highlands, by Chas. St. John. 1846. 



The Birds of Sutherland and Ross-shire, by Milner. {Zoologist, 

 1848, p. 2014.) 



A Tour in Sutherland, by Chas. St. John, in which a List of 

 the Birds of Sutherland is given. 1849. 



A List of Fish that have been Found in the Moray Firth and in 

 tlie Fresh Waters of the Province of Moray, by the Rev. Geo. 

 Gordon. Zool. 1852, pp. 3454 and 3480. 1852. 



Fish and Crustacea of the North-East Coast of Scotland, by the 

 late Lieutenant Dyce and George Sim. 



This principally refers to "fish found in the vicinity of 

 Aberdeen," but is useful for comparative purposes. 



