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said, we do not consider that we have by any means 

 exhausted its possibiHties, and we wish to point out the 

 particular districts that require further investigation. 



The valley of the Einaig — a tributary of the river 

 Oykel, — the head- waters and valley of the Carron and 

 Alness, and parts of the valley of the Conon, all require 

 fuller description. The woods in the neighbourhood of 

 Beaufort, on the Beauly, and the valley itself as far up 

 as Erchless, we feel certain would yield good results to 

 any one who searched them — localities which are well 

 suited for Warblers and other smnmer visitors, contain- 

 ing as they do all kinds of trees, shrubs, and bushes. 

 Several of the higher glens, although not perhaps likely 

 to produce much novelty, may well merit fuller treat- 

 ment; and the woods of Invergarry and Glen Urquhart, 

 and all those which clothe the shores of Loch Ness and 

 its tributary glens might yield in comparative abundance 

 what are as yet considered as only rare visitors. 



Passing now to the southward of the Great Glen, 

 there is an extensive tract of country, which may be 

 described as lying in a general position between Loch 

 Ness and Badenoch and Strathspey, embracing the wide 

 range of the Monadhliath Mountains, and extending from 

 Corrieyairack Pass in the west, east and north-east to 



