SOURCES OF INFORMATION, 
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Sporting Days. John Colquhoun. 1866. Contains a chapter on the 
Wilds of Sutherland, and a List of the Birds of the district 
(ijp. 235-255). 
Two papers in the Zoologist on Nesting Tours in Sutherland, by J. A. 
Harvie-Brown. 1867 and 1868. 
Lecture on the Ferae Naturae of the British Isles. J. Colquhoun. 1873. 
British Q^iadrupeds (2d Edition). T. Bell. 1874. 
On Birds found Breeding in Sutherland. J. A. Harvie-Brown. Glasgow, 
1875. 
On the Mammals and Reptiles of Sutherland. Edward R. Alston and 
J. A. Harvie-Brown. Glasgow, 1875. 
Supplementary Notes on the Birds found Breeding in Sutherland. J. A. 
Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S. {Proc. Glasgow Nat. Hist. Soc, Sept.) 1877. 
Fauna of Scotland — 3Iammalia. Edward E. Alston. Drawn up at 
the request of the Council of Nat. Hist. Soc. of Glasgow. 1880. 
Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. Dr. Francis Day. 1880. 
On the Birds of the Fast of Sutherland. T. E. Buckley, F.Z.S. {Proc. 
Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, April 26, 1881.) 
Manuscript List of the Fish of Caithness, with notes by C. Peach, Esq.^ 
Kindly placed at our disposal for purposes of the Fauna in 1884. 
Memoir of Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Catherine Sinclair. 
A List of the Birds killed in Caithness, and preserved by Mr. Lewis 
Dunbar, Brawl, dating from 1878. Many dates and localities of 
rarities in the Duke of Portland's collection at Welbeck Abbey are 
here given. 
Manuscript Notes and Cuttings from Newspapers from Mr. W. Reid 
of Wick. 
List of Birds obtained from Caithness, by Mr. Doeg, Manchester. 
List of Birds in the Duke of Portland's collection at Welbeck, supplied 
by Mr. Whitaker of Rainworth Lodge, Nottingham. 
Manuscripts of the late John Wolley, which were kindly placed at 
our disposal by Professor Newton of Cambridge. 
Manuscript Journals of Capt. Savile G. Reid, kindly placed at our dis- 
posal, being notes taken during a journey to Sutherland and 
Caithness. 
' Since the above was written, we regret to have to record the death of that 
eminent man of science, Mr. Chas. N. Peach, which took place on 28th Feb- 
ruary 1886. [See notice in Scotsman of March 1, 1886.] 
