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Maclvor, the Duke's factor for the Assynt and Edderachyllis districts, 

 for the kind permission he gave to use a gun for collecting purposes, 

 as also for the permission he gave to fish the River Inver, and I cannot 

 forget to thank most cordially all those who assisted us in collecting, 

 and without whose aid we would have done but little. The cheerful 

 willing way in which all our gillies and assistants helped us is very 

 different, in my opinion, from what may too often be met with in more 

 southern counties for a greater price. The inhabitants seem to have 

 generally a good idea of the natural productions of their native hills, 

 much more so than is found further south, where money absorbs the 

 whole thoughts and employs the whole time of common labourer and 

 master alike. But as this is scarcely " ornithological," I will now 

 bring these extracts to a close. 



John A. Harvie Brown. 



Duuijiace House, Falkirk, 

 Ju!}-, 1867. 



Notes on the Ornithology of the English Lakes. 

 By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



June, 1867. 



On looking through my note-book I feel somewhat disappointed at 

 the result of three weeks' work, and the little information gathered 

 connected with the Ornithology of this district. In a botanical point 

 of view, however, my visit has been a great success, finding many 

 plants I scarcely hoped to have seen. Often in my wanderings over 

 these wild fells have I regretted my ignorance of Entomology ; for 

 indeed this Lake district seems to be a perfect paradise for an ento- 

 mologist — every part, from the sedge-margined lakes to the crests of 

 the great hills overshadowing them, teeming with insect life. Nor is 

 it less interesting to the geologist, for here he will find himself 

 surrounded by some of the oldest of the stratified rocks. On the 

 summits of many of these great fells, nearly every stone we pick up 

 has its own distinctive features, and, to those who can rightly read it, 

 its own record of the ancient world. 



I have extracted the following remarks on the birds of this district 

 from ray note-book: they have been taken from day to day, during a 

 shurt residence at Grasmere, and I now give them, trusting they will 



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