xii. INTRODUCTORY. 



Marshall, Crieff, informed me that he saw a 

 Golden Eagle when passing through the Sma' 

 Glen in the winter of 1890, and the same year 

 one was reported to have been seen near Foulford, 

 but it is seldom the Eagle is seen so low down. 

 The birds resident with us are : The House 

 Sparrow, Chaffinch, Yellow Hammer ; Green, 

 Red, and Heather Linnets ; Robin, Wren, Hedge 

 Accentor, Missel Thrush, Mavis, Blackbird, Sky 

 Lark, Wood Lark, Starling (the last noted 

 being exceedingly common of late years), Oxeye, 

 Cole, Blue and Long-Tailed Tits (the latter 

 scarce). Wood Pigeons are numerous, the Stock 

 Doves rare. Rooks are plentiful everywhere, every 

 landed proprietor having a rookery near his house. 

 On the tall old Scotch firs around Innerpeffray 

 Library there is a colony of Rooks that nest 

 and bring forth their young every year. The 

 Library itself is well worth a visit, containing 

 as it does many rare and valuable books of 

 interest to both the antiquarian and bibliophilist ; 

 but that en passant. Jackdaws which fraternise 



