MU. II. M. WALLIS OX NATURAL IllSTOUY OF ARRAN MORE. 4G9 
ten, toying with one another, and running in and out of lioles 
wliich contain no nests. \Vhen seeking for food in company 
one will feed the other. The nests were usually inaccessible. 
One which I examined was less bulky than a Jackdaw’s, more 
green moss being used and less wool ; the frame-u’ork was of 
heather twigs. I5y May 25th four young were hatehed. The 
legs, feet, and claws were llesh-coloured, the beaks large and of 
a lovely coral pink. By June 5th the legs were a dull orange 
colour, and the bills blackish with llesh-coloured tips and edges. 
I'he Bock Dove abounds, and is the only Pigeon of this district. 
As might be expected the Bock Pipit is common. The size of 
the eggs from different nests varies much. 
On Butland Island, which is level and sandy. Skylarks are 
common. The Swallow and Swift u’ere seen, but are not 
common. 
Wherever there is a patch of meadow grass the (jorn (Take is 
seen. T use the word purposely, for in the Bosses this bird is as 
bold as the Moor lien is in England ; running, standing, and croak- 
ing in full view, and freipiently taking short flights. 
('ommon Bunting and Meadow I’ipit are generally distributed. 
The Book seems to have been recently exterminated in the 
district near the sea, reappearing fifteen miles inland. 
I saw a Heronry on an island in a mountain lough some miles 
from tlio coast 
'I’he Peregrine is still to be seen upon Arran More, but the 
White-tailed Eagle is, I am afraid, quite extinct — the effect of 
poison, I was told. 
Gray Wagtail and Bing Ousel u’ere noticed about fifteen miles 
from the sea ; Chaffinch, Coot, and Dipper about twenty miles ; 
Greenfinch and ^Missel Thrush about twenty-five. The House 
Martin did not appear until I reached Stranorlar — say thirty miles 
from the co;ist. 
Birds were abundant, but the number of species few ; only 
about two-thirds of what one might fairly expect to see in the 
north of Scotland during the same period at this season. 
From ^lay 21st until June 7th Turnstones in parties of a dozen 
or so frequented the coast line. A flock of thirty seen on the 
Boannish Islands were in all states of plumage. 
Purple .Sandpipers in pairs, but exhibiting no intention of 
