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Shorteared Owl. — Is occasionally shot in autumn and winter. I 

 cannot hear of its breeding in Sutherland. 



Spotted Flycatcher. — Two or three seen at Rosehall. 



Dipper. — A pair on every stream. Sixpence per head is still given 

 to the keepers for such as they destroy. Called here the " king- 

 fisher." 



Missel Thrush. — Rosehall; not common. 



Song Thrush. — Common at Loch Inver, Scowrie, &c. 



Blackbird. — Rare in breeding-season. 



Ring Ouzel. — Abundant, but seldom more than one pair or at most 

 two pairs in the same locality; called here the "blackbird." 



Hedge Sparrow. — Seen at several places, and once at a great eleva- 

 tion. Selby noticed the same in 1834. 



Redbreast. — Rosehall and in Assynl; generally distributed, but not 

 plentiful in the west. 



Redstart. — Rosehall, and one seen on Loch Awe. 



Stonechat and Whinchat. — Plentiful in some localities and scarce 

 in others. Observed principally at Unapool Ferry. 



Wheatear. — Very abundant, but never going far up the hills. 



Sedge Warbler. — We did not observe many, but I believe that the 

 cold east winds and bad weather did much towards keeping back many 

 of the migratory species. Corn crakes were this year scarce, and we 

 only saw two or three swallows the whole time we were in West 

 Sutherland. 



Whitethroat. — Observed by Mr. Selby in 1834, but none came 

 under our observation. It is, I believe, scarce so far north. 



Wood Warbler. — Very abundant : wherever a solitary birch-bush is, 

 there one is certain to find the wood warbler, and they are quite 

 numerous on the birch-covered shores of Loch Assynt and other lochs. 



Blue Tit and Cole Tit.— Observed at Rosehall by Mr. Selby. 



Pied and Gray Wagtail. — Plentiful. 



Meadow Pipit. — Plentiful ; never ascends, as far as I could see, 

 above the heather. 



Rock Pipit. — Plentiful on Handa and all along the coast. 



Skylark. — Plentiful, especially at Scowrie. 



Bunting. — Observed, by Mr. Selby, near Rosehall, where he saya 

 it is plentiful. 



Blackheaded Bunting, Yellow Bunting and Chaffinch. — Common. 



House Sparroio. — Scarcely ever seen in the west of the county, but 

 plentiful elsewhere. 



