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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  and 
  in 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Fiddich 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  Glen 
  

   Fiddich 
  Lodge, 
  where 
  one 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  keeper's 
  house. 
  

   A 
  pair 
  or 
  two 
  reside 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  district 
  around 
  

   Huntly, 
  Ardonald, 
  Mealeath, 
  Kobieston, 
  Whitehill, 
  etc., 
  and 
  would 
  

   be 
  very 
  common 
  if 
  not 
  kept 
  down, 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  informed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  O. 
  

   Wilson. 
  

  

  One 
  large 
  wood 
  on 
  Lord 
  Moray's 
  property 
  (unpreserved) 
  in 
  

   the 
  Laigh 
  of 
  Moray, 
  between 
  Alves 
  and 
  Covesea, 
  harbours 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  Magpies, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  disturbed. 
  It 
  is 
  reported 
  

   as 
  occurring 
  about 
  Tomatin 
  (Mr. 
  M'Bean 
  of 
  Tomatin), 
  and 
  is 
  

   reckoned 
  common 
  in 
  Glenavon 
  by 
  Hinxman. 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  

   considers 
  it 
  as 
  decreasing. 
  We 
  ourselves 
  have 
  seen 
  very 
  little 
  of 
  

   the 
  Magpie 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  wood 
  near 
  Alves 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  other 
  

   localities. 
  It 
  was 
  common 
  in 
  1885 
  about 
  Eoseisle, 
  about 
  seven 
  

   miles 
  from 
  Forres, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  Vermin 
  Lists, 
  but 
  Captain 
  Dunbar- 
  

   Brander 
  considers 
  it 
  rare 
  now, 
  in 
  localities 
  known 
  to 
  him 
  east 
  of 
  

   Elgin. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Brown, 
  Earlsmill, 
  factor 
  to 
  Lord 
  Moray, 
  informs 
  us 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  I 
  

   have 
  only 
  seen 
  one 
  at 
  Darnaway 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  twenty 
  years. 
  

   There 
  have 
  been 
  no 
  Magpies 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  thirty 
  

   years. 
  Previous 
  to 
  that, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  keepers 
  informs 
  me 
  he 
  

   saw 
  them 
  in 
  half-dozens. 
  I 
  cannot 
  account 
  for 
  their 
  leaving. 
  

   They 
  are 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  Alves 
  woods, 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  from 
  

   this.' 
  

  

  We 
  were 
  informed 
  by 
  Macleay 
  that 
  an 
  albino 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  

   Keith 
  in 
  September 
  1852. 
  

  

  Corvus 
  monedula, 
  L. 
  Jackdaw. 
  

  

  Local 
  Names. 
  — 
  Kae, 
  Ka-wattie. 
  

  

  The 
  Jackdaw 
  is 
  another 
  species 
  that 
  is 
  increasing 
  greatly 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  portion 
  of 
  our 
  area 
  ; 
  this 
  we 
  have 
  remarked 
  both 
  from 
  our 
  

   own 
  observation 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  our 
  correspondents, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  

   extending 
  even 
  into 
  the 
  higher 
  and 
  wilder 
  straths, 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  

   Chisholm's 
  Pass 
  in 
  Glen 
  Affric. 
  The 
  steep 
  honeycombed 
  rocks 
  

   around 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  Falls 
  of 
  Kilmorack 
  on 
  the 
  Beauly 
  are 
  a 
  

   great 
  breeding 
  resort 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  colonies 
  of 
  Jackdaws 
  

   are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  almost 
  wherever 
  the 
  rocks 
  afford 
  suitable 
  

  

  