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Missel-Thrush. 



Chaffinch. 



Partridge. 



Song-Thrush. 



Lesser Redpoll. 



Moorhen. 



Blackbird. 



Bullfinch. 



Coot. 



Wheatear. 



Corn-Bunting. 



Ringed Plover. 



Kedstart. 



Yellow Bunting. 



Golden Plover (over 100). 



Eobin. 



Starling. 



Lapwing. 



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Willow- Warbler. 



Jackdaw. 



Oyster catcher. 



Hedge-Sparrow. 



Rook. 



Snipe. 



Great Tit. 



Skylark. 



Common Sandpiper. 



Blue Tit. 



Mallard. 



Redshank. 



Wren. 



Teal. 



Curlew. 



Pied Wagtail. 



Wigeon. 



Black-headed Gull. 



Grey Wagtail. 



Tufted Duck. 



Herring Gull. 



Meadow-Pipit. 



Goldeneye. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull. 



Sand-Martin. 



Goosander. 



Great Crested Grebe. 



Greenfinch. 



Ring-Dove. 



Golden-crested Wren. 



Goldfinch. 



Stock-Dove. 



Pochard. 



Sparrow. 



Pheasant. 



Shoveller. 



Some fifty-four species came under her observation. 

 The position of Meikleour will be found by consulting the 

 Ordnance Survey Map — one inch to the mile, sheet 48. 



STRATHMORE. 

 Rescobie Loch and Loch of Forfar. 



Our next move was on to Forfar via Perth. 



Up to this time, and since leaving Glen Lyon, or indeed since 

 leaving Killin, the scarcity of bird-life visible has been most re- 

 markable, due to continuous cold winds and general want of sun- 

 light. Indeed, the weather forms an almost exact parallel in its 

 uuseasonableness to that we have experienced during the past three 

 or four years in spring and summer. I will not enlarge upon it 

 here further than to say that some effects upon bird-life are perfectly 

 noticeable to any practised eye, and perhaps some of these may be 

 realised when I come to speak of the species themselves. 



