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which they were just out of shot, over a gun lying up for them. 

 One drake, in very good plumage, killed on October 21st, 1893. 



Goosander (pp. 110 and 249). — A young male, just assuming 

 full plumage, shot on October 26th, 1895, while fishing in a burn, 

 and with four or five small trout in its gullet. This was at the 

 end of a week of very bad weather ; northerly winds, with rain, 

 hail, and snow every day. Apparently the first specimen actually 

 obtained in the Outer Hebrides. The bird has been preserved. 



Sand Grouse (pp. 114 and 254). — Two or three of the flock 

 mentioned on p. 254 were shot by the keeper ; one, set up by 

 him, is now in the lodge. 



Grouse (p. 118). — Young broods, too small to shoot, oc- 

 casionally found in October; I have a note of this happening on 

 September 27th, 1895. I once found a covey dusting themselves 

 in the road near the lodge after 7 p.m. on September 29th. 



Coot (pp. 123 and 253). — Only frequents one loch. 



Lapwing (p. 125). — Only found in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of the same loch. 



Kuff (pp. 134 and 254).— One shot on September 6th, 1892; 

 a Reeve on September 6th, 1893, and another Reeve on Septem- 

 ber 8th, 1894. These dates seem to point to a great regularity 

 in the autumn migration. As far as I know, the birds were alone 

 in each instance ; probably but few select a route so far to the 

 westward. 



Owls. — I have notes of a " Barn Owl " having been killed on 

 August 29th, 1891, and a "Brown Owl" on September 2nd, 1893; 

 but I did not see them, and do not know their species. 



If I may venture on a criticism on the excellent work which 

 I have taken as my text-book, I should like to ask why it is 

 adorned with a frontispiece depicting animals which are unknown 

 in the Outer Hebrides, such as the Fox, the Badger, and the 

 Wild Cat ? 



