﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  53 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  sticks 
  which 
  formed 
  the 
  outer 
  part 
  were 
  one 
  inch 
  in 
  

   diameter.' 
  Signed 
  J. 
  H. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  stuffed 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  Newcastle 
  Museum 
  the 
  label 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  

   'Mature 
  female 
  (Osprey) 
  shot 
  at 
  the 
  nest 
  in 
  Glenmore, 
  18th 
  April 
  

   1850. 
  Nest 
  and 
  two 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  specimen 
  in 
  cabinet.' 
  

  

  Finally, 
  we 
  again 
  remark 
  that 
  the 
  few 
  differences 
  here 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  two 
  accounts 
  emphasise 
  the 
  general 
  correctness 
  of 
  the 
  

   whole. 
  

  

  The 
  date 
  of 
  Dunbar's 
  last 
  visit 
  to 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  appears 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  1852, 
  and 
  since 
  then 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  succeeded 
  in 
  obtaining 
  

   any 
  precise 
  data 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Ospreys 
  either 
  there 
  or 
  at 
  

   Loch 
  Morlich, 
  although 
  we 
  have 
  tried 
  in 
  every 
  direction. 
  Not 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  letters 
  of 
  Wolley's 
  Scottish 
  correspondents 
  refers 
  to 
  Ospreys, 
  

   as 
  we 
  are 
  assured 
  by 
  Professor 
  Newton, 
  who 
  believes 
  he 
  has 
  all 
  

   these 
  letters, 
  between 
  1853 
  and 
  1859 
  — 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  Wolley's 
  death, 
  

   — 
  and 
  Wolley 
  himself 
  ' 
  was 
  certainly 
  under 
  the 
  impression 
  that 
  

   Ospreys 
  had 
  ceased 
  to 
  exist 
  as 
  breeding 
  birds 
  in 
  Scotland.' 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Newton 
  continues 
  : 
  — 
  1 
  Whence 
  his 
  impression 
  arose 
  I 
  can't 
  

   say, 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  man 
  hastily 
  impressed. 
  He, 
  i.e. 
  Wolley, 
  

   may 
  have 
  taken 
  to 
  heart, 
  more 
  than 
  was 
  needed, 
  the 
  home-slaying 
  

   done 
  by 
  W. 
  Dunbar 
  and 
  St. 
  John, 
  of 
  which 
  of 
  course 
  he 
  was 
  

   aware; 
  but 
  so 
  it 
  was, 
  and 
  never 
  having 
  heard 
  anything 
  to 
  the 
  

   contrary, 
  I 
  appended 
  to 
  More's 
  paper 
  in 
  the 
  Ibis 
  (1865, 
  p. 
  9) 
  the 
  

   note 
  which 
  drew 
  from 
  Kocke 
  (op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  360) 
  his 
  remarks. 
  Rocke 
  

   is 
  dead, 
  and 
  I 
  can't 
  say 
  to 
  which 
  nest 
  he 
  referred, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  in- 
  

   clined 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilan 
  one. 
  1 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  

   borne 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  Lewis 
  Dunbar 
  was, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  knowledge 
  

   goes, 
  Wolley's 
  only 
  Osprey 
  correspondent, 
  and 
  therefore 
  upon 
  

  

  1 
  Professor 
  Newton's 
  appended 
  footnote 
  to 
  If. 
  A. 
  G. 
  More's 
  paper 
  on 
  1 
  Distribu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Birds 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain 
  during 
  the 
  Nesting-Season,' 
  above 
  referred 
  to, 
  runs 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  We 
  doubt 
  if 
  the 
  Osprey 
  has 
  bred 
  in 
  Scotland 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  years 
  ' 
  

   (loc. 
  cit.). 
  This 
  elicited 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  the 
  editor 
  (Professor 
  Newton) 
  from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  

   Rocke, 
  in 
  which 
  that 
  gentleman 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  1 
  1 
  am 
  happy 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  inform 
  you 
  that 
  

   this 
  interesting 
  species 
  still 
  breeds 
  regularly 
  every 
  season 
  at 
  a 
  locality 
  in 
  Inverness- 
  

   shire, 
  which, 
  for 
  prudence' 
  sake, 
  I 
  forbear 
  to 
  name' 
  (loc 
  cit.). 
  

  

  The 
  locality 
  referred 
  to 
  is 
  now 
  undoubtedly 
  unoccupied, 
  and 
  had 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  

   with 
  the 
  Strathspey 
  nesting 
  sites, 
  as 
  is 
  evident 
  from 
  the 
  reference 
  to 
  Lord 
  Hill 
  and 
  

   our 
  previous 
  remarks 
  (cuitea, 
  p. 
  75), 
  as 
  supplied 
  by 
  Lord 
  Tweedmouth. 
  This 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  does 
  not 
  help 
  us 
  to 
  fill 
  up 
  the 
  hiatus 
  between 
  1852 
  and 
  1859 
  or 
  187-, 
  refi-rre.l 
  

   to 
  in 
  the 
  text 
  (ut 
  sup. 
  p. 
  75), 
  and 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  and 
  Glenmore 
  

   birds. 
  

  

  