﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  regularly 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  about 
  1850 
  (Zoology 
  \ 
  1850, 
  p. 
  2913) 
  ; 
  and 
  

   mentioned 
  ' 
  near 
  the 
  Bridge 
  of 
  Alvah 
  ' 
  as 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  a 
  nesting 
  site. 
  

   But 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  we 
  cannot 
  obtain 
  any 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  stations 
  

   ever 
  being 
  occupied 
  ; 
  and 
  Sim 
  of 
  Aberdeen, 
  who 
  knows 
  the 
  district 
  

   intimately, 
  does 
  not 
  think 
  there 
  are 
  any 
  there 
  now. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  0. 
  Wilson 
  

   has 
  1 
  never 
  seen 
  nor 
  heard 
  of 
  a 
  Raven 
  near 
  Huntly, 
  though 
  well 
  

   acquainted 
  with 
  its 
  croak.' 
  Hinxman 
  mentions 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  lists 
  from 
  

   Glenlivet 
  and 
  Strathavon 
  as 
  seen 
  flying 
  overhead 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  used 
  to 
  

   be 
  similarly 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  Braes 
  of 
  Gartly, 
  above 
  Strathbogie, 
  

   but 
  now 
  rarely 
  or 
  never. 
  

  

  The 
  Raven, 
  however, 
  is 
  still 
  not 
  uncommon 
  among 
  the 
  upper 
  

   and 
  more 
  mountainous 
  districts, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  long 
  known 
  of 
  their 
  

   nesting-places 
  near 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  streams, 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  Spey 
  itself 
  ; 
  as, 
  for 
  instance, 
  on 
  the 
  Black 
  

   Rock 
  of 
  Loch 
  Errochd, 
  where 
  Gordon-Cumming 
  took 
  the 
  eaglets 
  ; 
  

   at 
  Dalhooley, 
  on 
  the 
  Spey, 
  where 
  eagles 
  used 
  to 
  breed 
  also 
  ; 
  besides 
  

   many 
  other 
  Raven-rocks 
  throughout 
  Ben 
  Alder 
  deer-forest, 
  Corrie- 
  

   arder 
  near 
  Loch 
  Laggan 
  and 
  near 
  Loch 
  Dubh 
  — 
  on 
  The 
  Cluny's 
  

   property 
  among 
  the 
  Monadhliath 
  mountains, 
  behind 
  Cluny 
  Castle. 
  

   In 
  1891 
  a 
  pair 
  bred 
  in 
  a 
  high 
  rock 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Tomatin, 
  on 
  the 
  Findhorn, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  district, 
  and 
  across 
  to 
  

   Dulnan, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  river, 
  and 
  again 
  among 
  

   the 
  hills 
  around 
  Lochandorb, 
  there 
  are 
  Raven-rocks 
  still 
  either 
  

   inhabited 
  occasionally 
  or 
  long 
  since 
  deserted, 
  or 
  in 
  some 
  

   instances 
  taken 
  possession 
  of, 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge, 
  by 
  the 
  Peregrine 
  

   Falcon. 
  

  

  Formerly, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  Ravens 
  were 
  far 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  in 
  

   later 
  years, 
  and 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1844 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  indications 
  of 
  their 
  

   persecution 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  game-preservers 
  and 
  sheep-farmers. 
  

   Thus 
  we 
  find 
  many 
  rocks 
  named 
  after 
  the 
  Raven 
  which 
  have 
  loug 
  

   ceased 
  to 
  shelter 
  them. 
  Ravens 
  built 
  much 
  lower 
  down 
  the 
  

   country 
  then, 
  as, 
  for 
  instance, 
  on 
  a 
  high 
  ledge 
  of 
  a 
  rock 
  on 
  the 
  

   Findhorn 
  at 
  Mains 
  of 
  Glenferness, 
  which 
  rock 
  is 
  still 
  known 
  as 
  

   ' 
  The 
  Corbies' 
  Rock,' 
  and 
  instances 
  might 
  be 
  multiplied 
  ad 
  infini- 
  

   tum. 
  They 
  nested 
  even 
  as 
  low 
  down 
  as 
  the 
  Braes 
  of 
  Moray, 
  and 
  

   regularly, 
  prior 
  to 
  1840, 
  at 
  the 
  Ess 
  of 
  Glenlaterach 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  

   of 
  Birnie, 
  as 
  we 
  were 
  informed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Gordon. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  

   time 
  this 
  noble 
  bird 
  is 
  not 
  often 
  seen 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  dis- 
  

   tricts, 
  except, 
  perhaps, 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  floating 
  away 
  high 
  overhead, 
  

  

  