PREFACE. 



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Mr. Duncan Dewar, now of Killin, I have known as a 

 good observer of native birds and an indefatigable collector 

 for some twenty-five years. 



To Mr. William Berry I am indeed grateful for much 

 assistance, both as regards natural history notes and the 

 topography of the Tents Muir, and for obtaining for me the 

 portraits of John Fowlis (who prepared the ground and in- 

 troduced Grouse to these hitherto grouseless muirs) and 

 Duffus of Pickletillum, the well-known pigeon-shot of Fife. 

 Also, my thanks are due to him and to Mr. George Burn- 

 Murdoch for the admirable photogravure illustration of a 

 portion of the grouse-ground, etc. 



My obligations are also due to Professor Newton, of 

 Cambridge, for assistance under several species, and 

 for the permission to reproduce the likeness of L. Lloyd, 

 Esq., of Capercaillie fame, from a photograph given to 

 him by Mr. Lloyd himself shortly before that gentleman's 

 death. 



As through all the past volumes of the series, I have 

 to thank my friend Mr. William Norrie for his careful 

 and artistic photography, as well as his always sympathetic 

 help and companionship. 



I have to thank also Mr. C. Kearton for the negatives 

 from which the illustrated title-page and a vignette in the 

 text are taken — the one of the eggs of the Dotterel, and 

 the other of the bird upon the nest. 



To Mr. A. M. Rodger, curator of the Perth Museum, I 

 am under much obligation for his willing assistance at 

 all times and the trouble he has taken in many ways ; and 

 for the photographs from which the illustrations are repro- 



