. Wanderings of a naturalist . le drop in temperature during the first days ofJune, when the melting of the remaining snowfields wasconsiderably slowed down. Although the high ground was now comparatively snowfree, there was as yet no growth amongst the upland vegeta-tion. The previous year, in early June, even the highestgrounds were green, and Silene acaulis and Azalea procum-hens were in flower. I should say that in the season of whichI write—1920—^the plants of the high hills were almost threeweeks later than in previous years. Most of the ptarmigan had now commenced to sit. Onenest I saw
. Wanderings of a naturalist . le drop in temperature during the first days ofJune, when the melting of the remaining snowfields wasconsiderably slowed down. Although the high ground was now comparatively snowfree, there was as yet no growth amongst the upland vegeta-tion. The previous year, in early June, even the highestgrounds were green, and Silene acaulis and Azalea procum-hens were in flower. I should say that in the season of whichI write—1920—^the plants of the high hills were almost threeweeks later than in previous years. Most of the ptarmigan had now commenced to sit. Onenest I saw from which, judging by the feathers lying around,the sitting bird had been captured by a fox; the eggs lay inthe nest, but all had been sucked. Cairn Toul, a fortnight earlier, had been almost entirelysnowclad, as seen from Ben MacDhui. Now, however, muchof the snow had gone from it, and from Lochan Uaine theice had melted, with the exception of a few half-submergedicebergs. The Garbh Choire was still almost filled with 56. A Hill Burn of the Ben MacDhui Plateau Half under
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