2656 The Zoologist— July, 1871. 



flecked by wing of wandering gull. All the many and varied 

 groups of waders, which for a time make this coast their temporary 

 home, are gone, — even the most laggard of ihem, — gone where we 

 would fain follow, yet can only do so in imagination, as far up, in 

 serried files, they swiftly cleave their way across the miles of 

 summer sea, northward, to the island-girt shores, where, amidst 

 lonely fells and lakes, far from the noisy haunts of men, in Nature's 

 own wild gardens, gemmed with many a lovely flower, and in lands 

 teeming with insect-life, — wild solitudes nnvisited, save at long 

 intervals by the wandering Lap, — through the nightless days of 

 the sweet arctic summer, they will for a season find rest and 

 quiet, with leisure for the duties of incubation and the rearing of 

 their tender young — duties which, in this age, but for these wild 

 places of the earth, would with difficulty be fulfilled. 



John Cordeaux. 



Great Cotes, Ulceby, Lincolnshire, 

 May 31, 1871. 



Birds Observed at Rannoch in 1870. By Thomas Eedle. 



While collecting insects in Rannoch during the summer of 

 1870, the following species of birds came under my observation. 



Golden Eagle. — This species was trapped by one of Mr. Weut- 

 vvorth's keejiers, near the Black Wood, Rannoch. 



Wltiietuiled Eagle. — Shot by one of Lady Menzie's keepers, 

 and is now in her ladyship's possession. 



Hohbij. — I saw several of these lovely birds nailed to the kennels 

 of the keepers. 



Merlin. — 1 am told this species is not so common as it was a 

 i^yr years ago, but I observed several of their nests in the sides of 

 the burns. 



Kestrel. — Very common on all the mountains. 



Sparrowhawk. — This species breeds in most of the woods and 

 burns. 



Buzzard. — Also to be seen nailed to the kennels, but I could 

 not find their nests. 



Tawny Owl. — Of this species I have taken several out of the 

 keeper's traps. The traps mostly used for this bird are called 

 ]iole-traps ; they are placed on the sides of the hills. Most of the 

 hawks are caught in the same way. 



