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Morayshire.—One in this county is referred to by Hugh Miller 
in his ‘Old Red Sandstone,’ p. 217, but probably this is the 
Findhorn heronry mentioned under Elginshire. 
Orkney.—Four or five pairs of birds nest on cliffs on the west 
shore of Pomona, about a mile north of the Black Craig of Strom- 
ness. Mr. Harvie Brown saw three nests containing eggs on the 
ledges of the rocks in 1863. They were placed about fifteen feet 
from the top of the cliffs, which are at that point about 350 to 400 
feet high. 
Perthshire-—A few pairs nest by Loch Dochart. There are 
several nests in the large woods at Tulliallan Castle, and from five 
to seven pairs nest annually in a wood near Blair Castle. In 1857 
there was a single nest in the King’s Seat, at Dunkeld. 
Renfrewshire.—At Castlesemple, on tall spruce-firs (Mr. H. Lee 
Harvey). In 1871 three nests adjoined a rookery, which caused a 
good deal of fighting between the rooks and herons. Six or eight 
pairs build in fir trees at Inverkip, near the seat of Sir M. S. 
Stewart, Bart. 
Ross-shire.—There are a few colonies on small islets in secluded 
lochs. Mr. John Bateson, of Shieldag, by Gairloch, has a small 
heronry on a hill-side, amongst heather-clad rocks, close by his 
shootings. 
Roxburghshire.— A large colony at Rule Water at Wells 
(Sir W. Elliott, Bart.) with offshoots at Minto, and in 187] at 
Mount Teviot; another at Pennilheugh House. In a lone narrow 
glen at Swindean, between two hills of the Cheviot range, there is 
a heronry on the property of his Grace the Duke of Roxburgh. 
The nests, from twelve to sixteen in number, are placed in ancient 
alder trees. An account of this heronry, by Mr. J. Robson Scott, 
appeared in the ‘ Proceedings of the Berwickshire Naturalists’ Field 
Club’ for 1865. 
Stirlingshire—One at Dunmore. Only one or two pairs bred 
there many years ago, yet in the recollection of several persons 
still living. The nests were placed upon very high beech trees of 
great age. In 1868 a single nest containing two eggs was found 
in Dunmore Wood. It was in a spruce-fir, about thirty feet from 
the ground. At Loch Lomond a few pairs nest on an island near 
the head of the loch; and there is a colony at Polmaise. 
Sutherlandshire.—Twelve to fifteen pairs nest on low birch trees 
on an island in Loch Ailsh. Many of the nests are placed so low 
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