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a female honey buzzard which he had just set up. It was shot 
on or about June 18th at Shurrery by R. M'Nicol, the keeper 
there. Her breast was quite bare, and she had all the appear- 
ance of a sitting bird. M'Nicol wrote Mr. Dunbar : — " I will try 
to find the nest and get the cock, but I do not think her nest 
is about here. The gulls drove her into the wood three times 
before I got a shot at her." This is a very unusual date for a 
honey buzzard to be seen unless she was breeding. We know 
where they do breed, or have bred ; not a very great distance 
from the limits of our present area. 
Faico candicans {G-mel.). Greenland Falcon. 
In a letter to Harvie-Brown, dated December 20th, 1882, Lord 
Clifton mentions that a large white falcon with black-tipped 
wings was seen on Loch Shin, presumably about that date, and 
he referred it to this species. In the same year a Greenland 
falcon was shot at Caen, near Helmsdale, and came into the 
possession of Mr. Hill, the banker there. 
Falco islandus (Gmel.) Iceland Falcon. 
Mr. L. Dunbar informs us that on 6th October 1887 a fine 
male Iceland falcon was killed near Thurso. 
Anser cinereus (Meyer). Grey Lag Goose. 
In 1876 and again in 1881 grey lag geese bred on Eilean Flag, in 
Loch Shin, and also on an island in Loch Urigill. 
In the spring of 1887 these geese appeared at Badenloch in 
February ; a very early date. There were in all about thirty 
birds. We are sorry to add that two nests were found, close 
to one of which the old bird was lying dead, and the other, 
containing three eggs, was taken by ourselves, having been 
deserted from some cause or other. We may add that the 
lessee of the farm and shootings where the geese mostly breed 
is very particular that they shall not be disturbed more than 
can possibly be helped. 
