Contribution to Vertebrate Fauna of West Ross-shire. 405 
Accipiter nisus (Zinn.). Sparrow Hawk. 
Appears to be a somewhat rare resident in Applecross. 
A pair nested on Shieldaig Island in 1892. Not detected 
by the keepers in Torridon and Applecross. 
Milvus ictinus, Savigny. KITE. 
Reported as “ about extinct” in Applecross, and probably 
non-existent in the district as a resident species. 
Falco islandus, Gmel. ICELAND FALCON. 
One killed at Inverbroom, May 1851 (Bond, Zoologist, 
1851, p. 3275). 
Falco peregrinus, 7’unstall. PEREGRINE FALCON. 
Resident, fairly abundant, and still holding its own, 
although certainly not free from persecution. Few of the 
mountains in the district that afford suitable nesting-sites 
are without a pair of peregrines. 
Falco esalon, Zwnstall. MERLIN. 
Although the district affords many suitable haunts for the 
Merlin, this little falcon is far from common in Torridon 
and Applecross, though it is reported as fairly abundant in 
Fisherfield and Dundonnell. Its comparative absence in 
Applecross may be due to the scarcity of larks and other 
small birds on the moorlands of that region, 
Falco tinnunculus, Zinn. CoMMON KESTREL. 
The most abundant hawk of the district, breeding com- 
monly in the rocky burn-sides and in the woodlands. 
Phalacrocorax carbo (Zinn.). CORMORANT. 
Fairly common in the sea-lochs, but has not a breeding 
station, to our knowledge, in the area. 
Phalacrocorax graculus (Zinn.). SHAG. 
Common along the coasts. Several breeding sites in Outer 
Loch Torridon. 
