988 The Zoologist — November, 1867. 



golden eagle haying bred in the west of Ross-shire between the years 1844 and 1847. 

 This year when in Sutherland, in August, I saw a young male bird which had been 

 taken, iu all probability, from the same eyrie which Mr. Buxton alludes to. There is 

 only one locality on the shootings of Loch Ailsh. 



2. Osprey (Zool. 7395). I believe that there is now only one locality in Scotland 

 where the osprey breeds: it has long since deserted those localities mentioned by 

 Mr. Newman, viz. Loch Lomond, Loch Awe, &c. 



3. Goshawk (Zool. 7395). The goshawk, if it ever bred in Orkney, mwst hare 

 placed its nest on the cliffs, as there are no " tall fir trees," to my knowledge, in 

 Orkney. Even furze will not grow healthily in Orkney. 



4. Kite (Zool. 7395). Now, I fancy, quite extinct in Scotland as a breeding 

 species. I have one egg in my collection, taken in Argyleshire, in 1862, which 

 I received from Dr. Dewar. 



5. Tawny Owl (Zool. 7397). Frequently breeds in hollow trees. I have known 

 more than one nest thus placed, and have eggs taken on two different occasions from 

 a like situation in Craig Lochart Woods near Edinburgh. I also know of a pair of 

 tawny owls breeding in a slit or fissure of a rock near here. 



6. Sedge Warbler (Zool. 7441). Mr. Newman says of this bird, "In fact, it 

 seldom frequents reeds." My experience of this bird has always been quite the con- 

 trary. The nest is never suspended by the reeds, it is true, but the birds themselves 

 I have constantly observed sitting on the long bending reeds as they waved in the 

 wind. 



7. Siskin (Zool. 7474). The siskin, as far as I have been able to observe, generally 

 places its nest at a considerable height above the ground. I have seen the nest fully 

 forty feet from the ground (Zool. S. S. 893), and I heard of four nests this year in 

 Kincardineshire, all of which were similarly placed. The siskin breeds in Aberdeen- 

 shire, East Sutherland, and many other localities in Scotland. It is a most difficult 

 matter to secure the eggs, even after the nest is discovered, as the latter is almost 

 always placed at the very extremity of the branch of a black fir tree. 



8. Twite (Zool. 7475). A favourite position for the twite's nest is amongst the 

 white grass growing on rocks on the sea-shore, and in similar situations as those chosen 

 by the rock pipit. 



9. Heron (Zool. 7480). The heron breeds in small numbers on the cliffs west of 

 Stromness, in Orkney. Also breeds in considerable numbers on low alder-trees on 

 Loch Ailsh, in Ross-shire. Eggs pale green. 



10. Dunlin (Zool. 7481). The dunlin breeds on the shores and islands of inland 

 lochs in Sutherland, Stirlingshire and other localities. 



11. Redlhroated Diver (Zool. 7496). Breeds plentifully in Sutherland, as well as 

 in Hoy, Orkney, as does the blackthroated diver. 



12. Ringed Guillemot (Zool. 7496). Breeds at Handa, Hoy Head, and several 

 other localities. 



13. Black Guillemot (Zool. 7497). Is not, I believe, now present in the Firth of 

 Forth during the breeding-season. 



14. Shag (Zool. 7498). I have myself taken the shag's eggs at the Lizard, 

 Cornwall. 



15. Common Gull (Zool. 7500). Does the common gull breed on cliffs at 

 St. Abbs Head? If so is it not uncommon? Any I have ever found have been upon 



