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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  nest, 
  which 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  

   Rothiemurchus 
  pine 
  woods. 
  The 
  nest 
  was 
  not 
  thirty 
  feet 
  from 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Osprey 
  outside 
  of 
  Spey 
  area, 
  but 
  yet 
  within 
  the 
  

   southern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Moray 
  Basin, 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  three 
  shot 
  in 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Deveron 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  — 
  before 
  1892. 
  

   No 
  wonder 
  our 
  Ospreys 
  have 
  a 
  hard 
  struggle 
  for 
  existence 
  ! 
  We 
  

   are 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  say 
  that, 
  partly 
  owing 
  to 
  our 
  bringing 
  the 
  

   presently 
  known 
  facts 
  regarding 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pairs 
  of 
  Ospreys 
  

   remaining 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  as 
  occupying 
  nesting 
  sites, 
  before 
  Professor 
  

   Newton's 
  notice, 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  

  

  OSPREY'S 
  WING 
  FEATHER 
  (1st 
  primary) 
  picked 
  up 
  on 
  16th 
  May 
  1S92 
  by 
  J. 
  A. 
  H.-B., 
  

  

  below 
  the 
  tree 
  where 
  the 
  new 
  nest 
  was. 
  — 
  From 
  Photo 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Brown 
  of 
  Falkirk. 
  

  

  Society 
  of 
  London, 
  which 
  will, 
  we 
  hope, 
  while 
  rewarding 
  the 
  

   present 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Grant 
  family 
  of 
  Rothiemurchus, 
  

   and 
  the 
  present 
  laird 
  of 
  Lochiel, 
  for 
  the 
  preservation 
  accorded 
  to 
  

   the 
  Ospreys' 
  nests 
  upon 
  their 
  properties 
  — 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  add 
  

   incentive 
  to 
  further 
  efforts, 
  and 
  still 
  firmer 
  protection 
  of 
  these 
  

   now 
  rare 
  British 
  birds, 
  not 
  only 
  at 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  itself, 
  and 
  other 
  

   adjacent 
  alternative 
  sites, 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  localities, 
  where 
  they 
  

   may 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  reappear 
  at 
  long 
  since 
  deserted 
  haunts. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  obtained 
  upon 
  the 
  

   Deveron 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  the 
  keeper 
  there 
  — 
  Shewan 
  by 
  name 
  — 
  at 
  

   Lower 
  Cabrach, 
  about 
  August 
  1889. 
  It 
  came 
  into 
  the 
  possession 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Legge 
  of 
  Huntly, 
  who 
  took 
  it 
  away 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  Japan. 
  

   The 
  bird 
  had 
  caught 
  a 
  large 
  trout 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  had 
  alighted 
  

   on 
  the 
  hill-side 
  to 
  devour 
  it, 
  when 
  the 
  keeper 
  stalked 
  and 
  shot 
  it. 
  

   Is 
  this 
  another 
  link 
  in 
  the 
  chain 
  of 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  Loch 
  an 
  

   Eilein 
  Ospreys 
  ? 
  

  

  