﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  79 
  

  

  both 
  trees 
  and 
  nests. 
  Next 
  day 
  we 
  made 
  for 
  Loch 
  Morlich, 
  

   where 
  an 
  Osprey 
  bred 
  on 
  the 
  chimney 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  burnt-down 
  

   shooting-lodge, 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  loch. 
  I 
  climbed 
  up, 
  

   and 
  found 
  only 
  two 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  nest, 
  and 
  therefore 
  left 
  them. 
  Mr. 
  

   Hancock 
  was 
  very 
  anxious 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  old 
  bird, 
  so 
  I 
  was 
  put 
  

   in 
  ambush, 
  while 
  the 
  two 
  accompanying 
  me 
  walked 
  away 
  about 
  

   half 
  a 
  mile. 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  long 
  to 
  wait, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  hen 
  was 
  coming 
  

   down 
  to 
  the 
  nest 
  I 
  shot 
  her 
  with 
  a 
  walking-stick 
  gun, 
  which 
  

   I 
  invariably 
  carried, 
  left 
  her 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  she 
  fell, 
  and 
  

   secured 
  the 
  two 
  eggs. 
  By 
  this 
  time 
  Mr. 
  Hancock 
  came 
  up, 
  and 
  

   took 
  a 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  as 
  she 
  lay 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  with 
  

   broken 
  wing; 
  and 
  this 
  bird 
  and 
  sketch 
  (coloured) 
  I 
  afterwards 
  

   saw 
  in 
  his 
  house 
  in 
  Newcastle, 
  after 
  I 
  returned 
  from 
  Australia. 
  

   On 
  dissecting 
  this 
  bird 
  when 
  he 
  got 
  home 
  he 
  found 
  another 
  egg, 
  

   beautifully 
  marked, 
  and 
  quite 
  ready 
  for 
  laying.' 
  

  

  In 
  1851, 
  Dunbar 
  says 
  in 
  his 
  1886 
  ms., 
  'opened 
  shop 
  on 
  my 
  

   own 
  account 
  ; 
  stuffing, 
  and 
  taking 
  eggs 
  on 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilean.' 
  In 
  

   his 
  later 
  (1892) 
  MS. 
  Dunbar 
  rather 
  confuses 
  the 
  incidents 
  of 
  the 
  

   two 
  expeditions, 
  and 
  we 
  here 
  prefer 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  more 
  certain 
  

   records 
  of 
  Wolley's 
  notes, 
  as 
  prepared 
  from 
  his 
  letters 
  and 
  other 
  

   materials 
  by 
  Professor 
  Newton, 
  when 
  editing 
  Ootheca 
  IFolleyana, 
  

   Part 
  i., 
  and 
  which 
  he 
  kindly 
  has 
  placed 
  at 
  our 
  disposal 
  for 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  of 
  this 
  volume. 
  

  

  Then 
  in 
  1852, 
  Dunbar 
  took 
  the 
  eggs 
  again 
  at 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  — 
  

   for 
  the 
  fifth 
  time 
  — 
  on 
  8th 
  May, 
  and 
  the 
  three 
  eggs 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  

   Wolley 
  in 
  London 
  with 
  a 
  letter 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  he 
  put 
  his 
  

   hand 
  on 
  the 
  female's 
  back. 
  He 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  his 
  cousin 
  

   from 
  Carr 
  Bridge. 
  

  

  In 
  1853, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  10th 
  March, 
  Dunbar 
  wrote 
  to 
  Wolley, 
  

   in 
  which 
  letter, 
  while 
  promising 
  to 
  send 
  the 
  Osprey's 
  eggs 
  should 
  

   he 
  be 
  successful 
  in 
  procuring 
  them, 
  he 
  adds 
  : 
  1 
  If 
  Roualeyn 
  

   comes 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  this 
  season, 
  which 
  undoubtedly 
  he 
  will, 
  I 
  

   am 
  afraid 
  I 
  shall 
  run 
  a 
  bad 
  chance.' 
  Wolley 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  any 
  in 
  

   that 
  year, 
  and 
  as 
  Roualeyn 
  took 
  eggs 
  in 
  1852, 
  after 
  Dunbar, 
  it 
  is 
  

   believed 
  the 
  Ospreys 
  were 
  absent 
  from 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  in 
  1853. 
  

   In 
  this 
  same 
  letter 
  Dunbar 
  announced 
  his 
  intention 
  of 
  going 
  

   abroad, 
  which 
  he 
  did, 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

  

  Now, 
  harking 
  back 
  to 
  1847, 
  Dunbar's 
  1 
  Reminiscences 
  ' 
  make 
  

   it 
  appear 
  that 
  he 
  took 
  eggs 
  from 
  an 
  old 
  blasted 
  pine 
  at 
  Loch 
  

  

  