2016 Birds. 



cepting when they have young ones, and then they do not dive till the last extremity. 

 The eggs vary in colour, some being of a dark chocolate, others quite a light brown, 

 all of them spotted with black, chiefly on the larger end, and in size between those of 

 the great northern and the red-throated diver. It has been said that the colour of the 

 eggs of these birds varies only from the time that they have been set upon, but in this 

 case that idea is not verified, for they were all in precisely the same state ; and an egg 

 taken on May 21st, quite fresh, was in colour the darkest of the six which we pro- 

 cured. 



List of Birds seen and procured in Sutherlandskire and Ross-shire, 1847. 



Gyr Falcon (young). Thurso, March. 



Golden Eagle and eyrie. Ben Stomino, May 19. 



White-tailed Eagle. Loch Alsh, Ross-shire, May 27. 



Hen Harrier and nest. Foot of Ben Stomino, May 19. 



Ash-coloured Harrier and nest. Bonar bridge, May 21. 



Kestrel. Everywhere common. 



Peregrine Falcon. Ben Laighall, May 20. 



Osprey and nest, May 17 ; Assynt, June 19. 



Hooded Crow and nest. Everywhere abundant. 



Rook. Balmagowan, Ross-shire, May 25. 



Ring Ouzel and nest. Ben Laighall, Altrehara, May 20—22. 



Blackbird. Very common. 



Water ouzel and nest. Common, Tongue, Altrehara, May 20, 



Cuckoo. Tongue, Ben Laighall, May 20, 21. 



Pied Wagtail. Common, Sulherlandshire, May 16 — 22. 



Wheatear. The commonest bird of Sutherlandshire, May 16 — 22. 



Bullfinch. Garve, Ross-shire, May 25. 



Sparrow. Thurso, May 16. 



Mountain Linnet. Everywhere common. 



Chaffinch. Sutherlandshire, common. m 



Yellow Hammer. Ditto. 



Reed Bunting. Ditto ; and eggs found June 19. 



Redbreast. Sutherlandshire, very common. 



Willow Wren. Ditto. 



Common Wren. Ditto. 



Stonechat. Ditto. 



Ring Dove. Everywhere where there is wood. 



Rock Dove. Caves, Thurso ; Kyleakin, May 15, 28. 



Martin. Sutherlandshire, Ross-shire, common, May 16 — 28. 



Titlark. Ditto. 



Skylark. Ditto. 



Rock Lark. Thurso, May 16. 



Partridge. Tongue, May 18. 



Golden Plover and nest. Tongue, Altrehara, common, May 20 — 22. 



Ring Plover. Very common everywhere in Sutherlandshire, May 16 — 28. 



Peewit. Ditto. 



Common Sandpiper. Ditto. 



Oyster-catcher. Ditto. 



