﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  and 
  having 
  their 
  labours 
  of 
  nest-building 
  to 
  renew 
  each 
  year, 
  

   whilst 
  even 
  their 
  eggs 
  are 
  not 
  safe 
  ; 
  any 
  keeper 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  

   can 
  vouch 
  for 
  their 
  oophilous 
  kleptomania. 
  

  

  The 
  boat 
  should 
  be 
  entirely 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  loch, 
  or 
  securely 
  

   padlocked, 
  between 
  March 
  and 
  September, 
  to 
  prevent 
  surreptitious 
  

   use 
  being 
  made 
  of 
  it 
  at 
  night. 
  

  

  The 
  nest 
  should 
  be 
  watched 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  

   each 
  April 
  until 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  hatched 
  out, 
  or 
  longer 
  if 
  necessary, 
  

   and 
  a 
  watcher 
  might 
  be 
  paid— 
  beyond 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  bribery 
  — 
  

   a 
  fixed 
  sum 
  for 
  every 
  successful 
  hatch 
  off 
  of 
  the 
  young, 
  over 
  and 
  

   above 
  his 
  wages, 
  for 
  three 
  months. 
  And 
  any 
  servant 
  who 
  allowed 
  

   preventable 
  disturbance 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  should 
  be 
  discharged 
  or 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  punished 
  by 
  fine 
  or 
  reduction 
  of 
  wage. 
  

  

  The 
  castle 
  itself 
  might 
  be 
  guarded 
  with 
  barbed 
  wire 
  — 
  a 
  fencing 
  

   material 
  detestable 
  under 
  most 
  circumstances 
  but 
  legitimate 
  in 
  

   this 
  case 
  — 
  both 
  underneath 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  loch, 
  and 
  above 
  it 
  

   if 
  practicable, 
  — 
  and 
  we 
  cannot 
  conceive 
  any 
  great 
  difficulty 
  in 
  

   laying 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  practical 
  manner. 
  A 
  second 
  chevaux 
  de 
  frise 
  might 
  

   encircle 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  castle 
  itself. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  placards 
  put 
  up 
  warning 
  tourists 
  against 
  lighting 
  fires, 
  

   might 
  be 
  added 
  another 
  Estate 
  Order, 
  viz. 
  — 
  ' 
  No 
  Shouting 
  to 
  the 
  

   Echo,' 
  and 
  'No 
  Disturbance 
  of 
  the 
  Ospreys 
  can 
  be 
  allowed 
  during 
  

   the 
  months 
  of 
  April, 
  May, 
  June, 
  July, 
  or 
  August 
  ' 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  watcher 
  

   or 
  watchers 
  have 
  instructions 
  strictly 
  to 
  prevent 
  any 
  such 
  1 
  wilder 
  

   tourists' 
  passions 
  let 
  loose.' 
  

  

  By 
  no 
  means 
  should 
  guns 
  be 
  fired 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  

   loch 
  by 
  keepers 
  or 
  servants, 
  or 
  any 
  one, 
  between 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  April 
  1st 
  

   and 
  September 
  30th. 
  

  

  Neighbouring 
  proprietors 
  should 
  aid 
  in 
  their 
  preservation, 
  and 
  

   be 
  assisted 
  therein 
  by 
  the 
  County 
  Councils. 
  

  

  Just 
  while 
  these 
  last 
  proof-sheets 
  are 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  

   press, 
  we 
  hear 
  again 
  of 
  the 
  successful 
  rearing 
  of 
  the 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  

   Ospreys, 
  and 
  the 
  successful 
  attempt 
  to 
  photograph 
  the 
  Castle, 
  nest 
  

   and 
  birds, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Lee. 
  The 
  young 
  hatched 
  out 
  sometime 
  

   in 
  the 
  third 
  week 
  in 
  June, 
  and 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  fully 
  fledged 
  by 
  the 
  

   28th 
  July. 
  

  

  