The Zoologist — August, 1867. 8C3 



Redshank. — Did not appear to be so plentiful as one would be led 

 to expect from the nature of the country. There are, 1 believe, 

 upwards of three hundred lochs in Assynt alone. 



Common Sandpiper. — Very common. 



Greenshank. — By no means a rare bird — i.e. there may be some 

 half-dozen breeding-places in Assynt alone. 



Woodcock. — I saw none in spring, but have shot them in Assynt in 

 August. 



Snipe. — Common. 



Jack Snipe. — See above, p. 851. 



Dunlin. — Common. 



Landrail. — Common most seasons, but this season we observed or 

 heard very few. 



Moorhen. — Does occur, but rarely. 



Coot. — Rare ; did not observe an}'. 



Graying Goose. — Breeds on many of the lochs of Assynt, as on 

 Loch Urigil, Gorm and others. 



Bean Goose. — This I insert as breeding on Loch Laoghal, on the 

 authority of Mr. MacLeay, naturalist, Inverness. 



Wild Duck. — Common. 



Teal. — Common also, but frequenting certain spots every season. 



Widgeon. — Scattered sparingly over the county ; one pair or so on 

 a loch, not more. 



Scaup. — One female shot by Sir W. Jardine, in 1834; was accom- 

 panied by a young one (See Selby's " Birds and Quadrupeds of 

 Sutherland," in the ' Philosophical Journal' for April, 1836. 



Redbreasted Merganser. — Common ; we obtained eggs at Kylesker. 

 One or two pair on most of the lochs. 



Little Grebe. — Rare {Selby). We saw none. 



Great Northern Diver. — Mr. Selby observed one pair in Bal- 

 nakiel Bay, in the north of the county, but did not find them 

 breeding. 



Blackthroated Diver. — Plentiful in Assynt, but scarce further north 

 on the west, though found further north more inland. 



Redthroaled Diver. — Not so plentiful in Assynt as further north, 

 where it replaces the last species. 



Guillemot. — Abundant on Handa. 



Ringed Guillemot. — More plentiful, I think, at Handa than at Hoy 

 Head, in Orkney. 



Black Guillemot. — Not now so plentiful as formerly. 



