﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  93 
  

  

  harvest 
  of 
  gold 
  and 
  silver 
  which 
  is 
  poured 
  out 
  during 
  our 
  short 
  

   Scottish 
  tourist 
  season. 
  "We 
  sincerely 
  trust 
  that 
  the 
  resources 
  of 
  

   true 
  civilisation 
  will 
  be 
  all 
  effectual 
  for 
  the 
  future 
  in 
  preventing 
  

   the 
  greed, 
  the 
  unpatriotic 
  gluttony, 
  and 
  ungentlemanly 
  whole- 
  

   sale 
  bribery 
  of 
  otherwise 
  excellent 
  servants, 
  and 
  may 
  obtain 
  the 
  

   support 
  and 
  annual 
  encouragement, 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  our 
  great 
  Societies, 
  

   but 
  also, 
  if 
  need 
  be, 
  of 
  our 
  Government 
  in 
  Parliament 
  assembled. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  text 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society's 
  announce- 
  

   ment 
  given 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  April 
  1893, 
  as 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Scotsman, 
  

   Oban 
  Times, 
  Inverness 
  Courier, 
  and 
  Elgin 
  Courant 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  considerations 
  which 
  prompted 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  

   as 
  announced 
  in 
  their 
  report 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  29th 
  

   April 
  1891, 
  to 
  award 
  two 
  of 
  its 
  medals 
  to 
  the 
  representatives 
  of 
  

   families 
  through 
  whose 
  exertions 
  the 
  Great 
  Skua 
  has 
  been 
  re- 
  

   tained 
  as 
  a 
  veritable 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  fauna, 
  have 
  induced 
  

   the 
  Council 
  to 
  act 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  like 
  manner 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  a 
  still 
  

   scarcer 
  species 
  — 
  the 
  Osprey 
  (Pandion 
  haliaetus). 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   represented 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  that 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  past 
  but 
  three 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  which 
  on 
  many 
  accounts 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  interest, 
  

   have 
  regularly 
  bred 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  that 
  their 
  protection 
  has 
  

   been 
  an 
  object 
  of 
  much 
  solicitude 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  whose 
  property 
  the 
  

   nests 
  are 
  built. 
  The 
  Council 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  effect 
  

   of 
  their 
  former 
  award 
  has 
  not 
  only 
  been 
  beneficial 
  to 
  the 
  birds 
  

   concerned, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  highly 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  public 
  at 
  large, 
  

   and 
  they 
  trust 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  good 
  result 
  will 
  follow 
  the 
  bestowal 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society's 
  silver 
  medal 
  upon 
  Donald 
  Cameron 
  of 
  Lochiel 
  and 
  

   John 
  Peter 
  Grant 
  of 
  Rothiemurchus, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  efforts 
  

   made 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  Osprey 
  in 
  their 
  respective 
  districts. 
  

  

  1 
  These 
  medals 
  will 
  be 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  above-named 
  gentlemen 
  

   at 
  the 
  general 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  on 
  June 
  22nd.' 
  — 
  (Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Council 
  and 
  Auditors 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  for 
  1892. 
  

   April 
  28th, 
  1893, 
  pp. 
  5-6.) 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  we 
  would 
  suggest 
  several 
  methods 
  for 
  the 
  better 
  

   protection 
  of 
  the 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  birds, 
  if 
  we 
  may 
  be 
  allowed, 
  so 
  

   far, 
  to 
  interfere 
  in 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  War 
  should 
  be 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  bitter 
  end 
  against 
  the 
  Jackdaws 
  

   around 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein. 
  Every 
  south-country 
  Scotch 
  game- 
  

   keeper 
  knows 
  and 
  avenges 
  upon 
  them 
  their 
  pilfering 
  and 
  destruc- 
  

   tive 
  habits. 
  The 
  Ospreys 
  cannot 
  stand 
  their 
  annual 
  annoyance, 
  

  

  