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Torridon, in June 1892. Said to have come to Applecross 
about the year 1883. Reported common in Fisherfield, 
especially in flocks in the autumn. Resident. 
Pastor roseus (Linn.). ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 
An adult male specimen was shot some years ago at the 
head of Loch Torridon. The bird had been noticed for some 
days previously, feeding amongst and alighting on the backs 
of sheep, in company with common Starlings. This speci- 
men was preserved, and is now in the possession of Mr 
Darroch of Torridon. 
Pica rustica (Scopolt). Macrir. 
On the authority of Donald Matheson, a pair of Magpies 
nested many years ago at Culags, in Strathcarron. A pair 
were also seen at Inveran, on Loch Maree, in the winter 
of 1891. 
Corvus monedula, Zinn. JACKDAW. 
Resident, very local, but probably increasing in distribu- 
tion. The only breeding-site known to us is at Applecross, 
where about a dozen pairs were found nesting in a limestone 
scar above the village in June 1892. 
Corvus cornix, Zinn. Hoobrp Crow. 
Though relentlessly persecuted, still maintains its position 
as a fairly common resident species, and most abundant in 
the vicinity of the coast-line. A specimen with a patch of 
grey between the shoulders, and the back black—thus having 
the appearance of a hybrid between this species and C. corone, 
a species that has not come under notice in the district— 
was observed on the shore of Loch Torridon in 1892. Two 
specimens with similar colouring were also seen in the 
“keeper's larder” at Applecross in the same year. 
Corvus frugilegus, Zinn. Rook. 
There are rookeries at’ Dundonnell, Gairloch, Tullich in 
Strathcarron, and Applecross. The birds travel long distances 
