THE ZooLocist—OcToBER, 1872. 3267 
covered rocks. There is also a colony at Loch Sunart, on a wood- 
less island, where the nests are placed on the ground. One at 
Ards, Isle of Mull (Captain Campbell), and another at Glenmore, 
near Oban (Mr. McNeill). 
Ayrshire.—There are several in this county, amongst others one 
at Craigie, near Kilmarnock. In 1832 there was a fine heronry at 
Monkcastle House, in the parish of Kilwinning. The birds after- 
wards moved some miles to a spot near Eglinton Castle, where 
the Lugden falls into the river Irvine. Here they nested for some 
years, but eventually deserted, on account of the persecution to 
which they were subjected, and the close proximity of the Eglinton 
Iron Works. A large colony at Largs (Earl of Glasgow) still 
flourishes. 
Berwickshire.—About thirty pairs nest upon beech, larch, and 
Scotch fir trees at Dunse Castle (Mr. W. Hay). 
Clackmannanshire. — A small heronry formerly existed at 
Gartmorn Dam, but has not been tenanted for some years past. 
Cromarty.—Mr. St. John refers to one on rocks, near Cromarty. 
This is on one of the “ Soutars” forming the entrance to Cromarty 
Firth. 
Dumbartonshire—One at Erskine, on the Clyde, near Glasgow, 
the seat of Lord Blantyre, in lofty and aged trees. 
Dumfriesshire—One at Jardine Hall (Sir William Jardine) ; 
Castlemilk, near Lockerbie (Mr. Robert Jardine, M.P.); and a 
number of nests in Dumcreiff Wood, near Moffat (Lord Rolls). At 
Dalswinton, about thirty nests upon ash and larch trees. At 
Halbeaths, from fifteen to twenty nests, chiefly on Scotch firs. At 
Dalwhat Water, near Moniane, about a dozen nests built upon 
firs ; and at Longholm, two or three nests on ash trees. 
Edinburgh.—A small colony at Dalkeith. 
Elginshire—Hugh Miller, in his ‘Old Red Sandstone,’ and Mr. 
St. John, in his ‘ Tour in Sutherland, refer to one on the banks of 
the Findhorn, belonging to the Earl of Moray, but this has long 
since disappeared: My. Harvie Brown states that it was not in 
existence in 1863. Mr. W. K. Rose, of Edinburgh, however, has 
recently informed me that there is a probability of its becoming 
re-established, as “several pairs returned in 1871 to the old spot, 
and nested in clefts on the high rocky banks and at the roots of 
weeping ash trees overhanging the river.” 
