404 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
Asio accipitrinus (Pallas). SHORT-EARED OWL. 
A nest, which may most probably be ascribed to this 
species, was found among the heather on the hillside in Glen 
Shieldaig some years ago, from which the young were taken. 
Circus cyaneus (Zinn.). HEN-HARRIER. 
Appears to be now very rare. Reported as sometimes 
seen in Dundonnell, but becoming very scarce. 
Buteo vulgaris, Leach. COMMON BUZZARD, 
Resident, thinly distributed, and decreasing in numbers. 
Nests annually on several mountains in the Applecross 
district. Nested near the head of Loch Carron in 1893. 
There is a handsome, light-coloured variety in the Museum 
of Science and Art, Edinburgh, which was obtained in the 
Shieldaig forest in the autumn of 1893. 
Aquila chrysetus (Zinn.). GOLDEN EAGLE. 
Thanks to the protection of the proprietors, this species 
has not decreased in numbers of late years, and a few pairs 
breed annually in Dundonnell, Gairloch, and Applecross. 
Without particularising the localities of the different eyries, 
we may mention the existence of two in the Dundonnell 
forest; two in Fisherfield, where the eagles are reported to be 
increasing; at least three in the neighbourhood of Loch 
Maree; one in Ben Damph forest; and perhaps as many as 
five in Applecross. 
Halietus albicilla (Zinn.). SEA-EAGLE. 
Probably now extinct as a resident species. On the 
authority of Wm. Macdonald, head-keeper, Torridon, a pair of 
sea-eagles nested up to the year 1889—when his acquaint- 
ance with the locality ceased—in the Ben Damph forest. 
Nothing, however, was seen of these birds in 1890-91. An 
adult was trapped about 1880 in Glen Shieldaig, and released 
after being kept for some weeks in confinement. Reported 
as occasionally seen in Fisherfield. John Stuart, Applecross, 
reports three as seen there in the: winter of 1893. 
