The Scottish Naturalist. 
Starling, Stumus vulgaris. Breeds in Ash trees near farm 
buildings. 
Carrion Crow, Corvus corone. Breeds in the fir woods when 
allowed. 
Skylark^ Alauda arvensis. 
i- Cuckoo, Gmulus canorus. Common, generally selectine 
Meadow Pipits' nests for its eggs, 
iv Long-eared Owl, Asio otus. In fir wood. 
I Sparrow Hawk, Accipter nisus. In fir wood. 
Merlin, Falco cBsalon. One or two pairs nest annually near 
the loch. 
Mallard, Anas boschas. Common. 
^ Shoveller, Spatula dypeata. Two or three pairs. 
Teal, Querquedula crecca. Common. 
Pochard, Fuligula ferina. Four or five pairs and increasing. 
Tufted Duck, Fuligula cristata. Bred on the loch this 
season. Two birds, one of them a female, accompanied by a 
young one, were seen there on the 3rd of August. 
Ring-dove, Columha palumhus. Breeds in the wood. 
Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. 
Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix. 
Red Grouse, Lagopus scoticus. 
Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. A few outlying nests found 
in the wood and on the moor. 
Partridge, Perdrix cinerea. 
Moor-hen, GalUnula chloropus. 
Common Coot, FuUca atra. 
Golden Plover, Charadrius pluvialis. 
Lapwing, Vanellus vulgaris. 
W^OOdcOCk, Scolopax rusticula. 
Common Snipe, GalUnago ccelestis. 
Dunlin, Tringa alpina. 
Common Sandpiper, Totanus hypoleucus. 
Redshank, Totanus calidris. 
Common Curlew, Numenius arquata. 
Black- headed Gull, Lams ridihundus. 
