66 



The specimens in the case were shot on 

 Benderich, one of the hills to the north of Glenlyon 

 in Perthshire in the months of August and 

 September, 1865. 



See " Kough Notes/' Vol. IT., Plate 2. 



CORMORANT. (IMMATURE). 

 Case 78. 



As Cormorants in the immature dress may be 

 seen at all times of the year, it is certain that they 

 must be at least two and possibly three years old 

 before they assume the adult plumage. 



Though most persons would fancy this bird 

 unlikely to make a savoury dish, they are, in the 

 immature state, by no means unpalatable when 

 properly cooked. 



One spring when I was stopping at Canty Bay 

 I went into the kitchen at the inn where Adams 

 the landlord who then rented the Bass Rock was 

 getting his dinner. At his request T was helped to 

 (what he called) a plate of hare soup. There is 

 no denying the fact that I have seldom tasted 

 better soup, but I hardly believe that I should 

 have fancied it much at the time if I had known it 

 had been prepared from certain portions of two 

 Cormorants and a Shag that I had shot near the 

 Bass a few days before. 



Though using the Bass rock as a roosting 

 station in great numbers during the winter and 

 early spring, none of these birds have ever been 

 known to breed on the rock. 



The specimens in the case were shot at the Bass 

 Rock in September, 1874. 



SHAG. 

 Case 79. 



This wild-looking bird is common round many 



