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and as there was no more spare iron, &c, on board to make a 

 second dredge with, I was only able to collect such few inverte- 

 brates as chanced to come my way. 1 found the stomachs of Cod 

 the most prolific hunting-ground. 



I was unable, from their size, to preserve a specimen of Cod, 

 but the Lumpsuckers and Skate, together with such invertebrates 

 as I obtained, are now in the hands of Messrs. W. Hatchett 

 Jackson and E. B. Poulton, who will shortly, I hope, report 

 upon them. 



ROUGH NOTES IN SKYE AND EIGG. 

 By Hugh Macpherson. 



Durinish, the north-west parish in Skye, was reached on 

 May 3rd. Walking over the Fatach Hill ground on May 4th we 

 saw several brace of Golden Plover ; they were very tame, and 

 never rose, though they ran swiftly. Later in the season we were 

 much entertained by their frequent flights, taken to draw us from 

 the vicinity of their young The Common Sandpipers, so abun- 

 dant on the banks of all the small burns, became almost equally 

 solicitous later on. Several pairs haunted the Glendale River, as 

 did also the Dipper ; and the Black-headed Beed Bunting 

 (although scarce) nested both on the Glendale River and on the 

 extreme west of the property near Loch Mor. On May 6th we 

 walked over the varied and broken ground of Waterstein, but 

 only found some Mallard on Loch Mor. On May 7th, during a 

 heavy evening shower, a Manx Shearwater flew up Loch Pooltiel 

 until it reached the mouth of the Glendale, when it passed over 

 Hamara in a westerly direction. On May 10th we saw a Blue 

 Hare on Gearey More ; subsequently we saw a blue leveret, as 

 well as more adults, for this species, though introduced into Skye 

 more recently than the common species, promises to thrive well 

 on the hills, though as yet far from numerous in Durinish. On 

 May 11th, as I was walking over to Ramasaig, a fine Merlin flew 

 past me, as did a single Raven. During a heavy shower, May 

 12th, a Black-headed Gull flew into Meanish Bay ; the men, who 

 were rowing me out to their long lines, remarked on the local 

 scarcity of this species, which they know so well from their 

 fishing on the east coast. 



