20 Contents. 
A Referee.—Edward’s Certificate from the Justices.—Love of Bird- 
nesting.—Accident at Tarlair—Falls from a Cliff, and is rescued. 
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CHAPTER XI. 
BEGINS TO PUBLISH HIS OBSERVATIONS. 
The Rev. Mr. Smith.— The Bridled Guillemot. — Grammar. — Scraps 
from the Newspapers.—The Death’s-head Moth.—Butterflies and 
Locusts.—Locustra migratoria.—Saw-flies.—The Spider.—Notes in 
Natural History.—Rare Birds.—The Bee-eater.—The Bohemian 
Wax-wing.—The Brown Snipe.—Edward’s Pursuit.—The Snipe es- 
capes.—Adventure on Gamrie Head.—The Fox’s Lair.—The Preci- 
pice.—The Peregrine Falcon.—Feeds upon its Prey.—Flight of the 
Falcon.—Slides down the Rocks.—Discovers a Spinous Shark.— 
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CHAPTER XII. 
RAMBLES AMONG BIRDS. 
Mr. Smith’s Articles published in the Zoologist—Edward’s Power of 
Observation described.i—The Beautiful Heron.—Cries of the Birds 
at Ness Bogie——The Motherly Wild Duck.—Burial of the Wild 
Duck. —The Pickietars.—The Pickietar Fishing—The Pickietar 
shot.—Rescued by his Friends.—Edward’s Closeness of Observa- 
tion—The Turnstone.—Its Description —Its Labers.—The Turn- 
stones turn over a Cod.—The Little Auk.—Sea-fowl Nurseries.— 
Pennan.—Sleeps in Hell’s Lum.—The Sea-birds at Night..... 212 
CHAPTER XIII. 
LITERATURE AND CORRESPONDENCE. 
Death of the Rev. Mr. Smith_—Mr. Smith’s Helpfulness.—Observation 
of the Partridge-—The Rev. Alexander Boyd.—Loch of Strathbeg. 
—The Water-fowl at Strathbeg.—Swans.—Geese.—Ducks.— Winter 
and Summer Birds—The Ring Dotterel.—A Pursuit.—Mr. Boyd’s 
Article—Encouragement of Native Talent and Genius.—Death of 
Mr. Boyd. — Publication of “Birds of Strathbeg” in Naturalist.— 
Mr. C. W. Peach.—Writes Articles for the Zoologist—The Gold- 
finch and Bullfinch.—Crows and Crab-shells—The Heron and the 
Crows.—A Fight in the Air.—Crows, Hares, and Rabbits.—Cold and 
Whisky. —Edward’s Health fails.— Again draws on his Savings- 
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