Notes on the Ornithology of Caithness. 
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Alauda arborea (If ood^ iar/f), rare. (?) 
Pyrrhula vulgaris (Common Bullfinch), rare. 
Loxia curvirostra {Common Crossbill), occasional. 
*Loxia pityopsittacus (^Parrot Crosshill), rare. 
*Picus minor {Lesser Spotted Woodpecker) , very rare ; once observed. 
*Yunx torquillsL (WrynecJc) ; one shot at Stirkoke, and another at Rose- 
bank, near Wick. 
Certhia familiaris {Common Creeper), occasional. 
Troglodytes Europseus (Oommo'n, Wren), common. 
Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo), common. 
*Coracias garrula (European or Garrulous Roller) ; seen at Ulbster, 
and watched for two or three days. It was always followed by a 
small bird, in the same way as the cuckoo, 
Caprimulgus Europseus (Night-jar or Goat-suclcer), common. 
Hirundo rustics (Chimney Sivalloiv), common. 
Hirundo urbica (Martin), common. 
Hirundo riparia (Sand Martin), common. 
Cypselus apus (Common Swift), common. 
Rasores.' — (Third Order.) 
Columba palumbus (Wood Pigeon or Ring Dove), common. 
Columba senas (Stock Dove), very rare. 
Columba livia (White-rumped or Rock Dove), common. 
Turtur migratorius (Turtle Dove), occasional. 
Tetrao tetrix (Black Grouse or Black Cock), common. 
Lagopus Scoticus (Bed Grouse or Muirfowl), very plentiful. These 
birds have frequently been reared and kept alive in an enclosure by 
Mr Osborne. They were very tame and familiar, and one pair bred 
on one occasion, hatching five healthy poults. 
Lagopus mutus (Common or White Ptarmigan), common. 
Perdix cinerea (Common Partridge), common. 
Coturnix dactylisonans (Common Quail), bred in 1860. A pair bred at 
Ulbster ; twelve eggs were laid and hatched ; I shot two of the young 
and the old cock in autumn. Such v/as their desire to skulk when 
danger was near, that several were caught by the hand. 
Phasianus Colchicus (Common Pheasant), common. 
^'Otis minor (Little Bustard), very rare ; once observed. 
Grallatores. — (Fourth Order.) 
Ardea cinerea (Common Heron), common. 
Ardea purpurea (Purple Heron), rare. 
Scolopax rusticola (Woodcock), common. 
Scolopax major (Great Snipe), rare. 
Scolopax gallinago (Common Snipe), common. 
Scolopax gallinula (Jack Snipe), common. 
"^Limosa rufa (Common or Red Godivit). Only one specimen, shot st 
Ulbster Loch ; two more were seen this year in the end of July, 
Totanus fuscus (Dusky Sandpiper), rare. 
Tetanus calidris {Redshank Sandpiper), common. 
Totanus glottis (Greenshank), rare. 
Totanus ochropus (Greenshank Sandpiper), rare. 
Totanus glareola (Wood Sandpiper), rare. 
Totanus hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper), common. 
Totanus macularius (Spotted Sandpiper), rare, 
Tringa variabilis (Purre or Dunlin), common. 
Tringa canutus (Knot), rare. 
Tringa rufescens (Buff-breasted Tringa), rare. 
