1891.
Aug. 30
(No. 2)
Scotland.
The Trossachs. - have sprung up naturally and I believe
that the ground has never been cleared, at least 
within the past century, but doubtless many single
trees have been removed from time to time.
Of shrubs I saw the ground juniper noted yesterday,
the mountain cranberry and the sweet gale
(Myrica gale). The last few abundantly in places
where the ground was open and springy. Besides
these there were at least three kinds of heath,
all with purple blossoms, the flowers of two kinds
bell-shaped, of the third open & spreading.
 There were many small birds in these woods,
quite as many in fact as one would be apt to
find in a similar place in Maine. The most
numerously represented were Tits of which I
recognized three species (the Great, Marsh, and Blue).
One flock of about 30 birds, containing all three
kinds, came into the pines over us and passed
quickly on up the mountain side flitting
from tree to tree, lingering a little in the
birches where they set the foliage all a-tremble
with their nimble movements, and keeping up
a merry chirping and scolding. I was reminded
forciby of a troop of our own Chickadees but
these birds presented an even more attractive
picture owing to their diversity of form and
coloring. Some of their notes were almost
precisely like those of our Black-cap while one 
species, I think the Blue Tit, had a call simply
identical with that of Parus Hudsonicus. There 
were no Kinglets or Creepers with them.