. A fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore . d Phalarope andthe present haunt of Wigeons, and about the southern limit of thenesting range at the present time of the Greenshank, which haunts, inthe nesting season, the wild stone-cropped ground behind EannochLodge. The wind and north-west rains were bitter and perishinglycold, and we had to wait a weary hour to get a desired photographof Loch Eigheach. Gladly then we turned our backs on its drearinhospitality, and returned by the south road alongside LochEannoch. Another attempt to get a decent view of the Black Woodof Eannoch failed, as the wind
. A fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore . d Phalarope andthe present haunt of Wigeons, and about the southern limit of thenesting range at the present time of the Greenshank, which haunts, inthe nesting season, the wild stone-cropped ground behind EannochLodge. The wind and north-west rains were bitter and perishinglycold, and we had to wait a weary hour to get a desired photographof Loch Eigheach. Gladly then we turned our backs on its drearinhospitality, and returned by the south road alongside LochEannoch. Another attempt to get a decent view of the Black Woodof Eannoch failed, as the wind blew with increased vehemence, andthe cold rain—from which no good shelter could be found—fairlybeat us off after another weary waiting. Vainly we had waited for a rift in the dense blackness above the lift. Next day Mr. Norrie,under scarcely brighter auspices, managed to take a few views. Oneis taken from the round, birch-clad knobbie where, in 1874, I twicehad a male Hobby pass close overhead, when shooting the covers THE JDBUMOUCHTER MOUNTAIJSIS. lix The Drumouchter Mountains. Our next object after leaving Eannoch was to obtain views ofthe great main range of the mountains which guard the pass ofDrumouchter on the west side. In order to do this at the leastexpenditure of time, we took train from Struan to DalnaspidalStation on the Highland Eailway. From a point above the old highroad—over which I had drivenbefore the railway was made—we got successful views of the twogigantic and clumsy hills known as the Boar of Badenoch, and theAtholl Sow; and between them the long level ridge of the table-topped plateau which stretches back from the eastern peak or browof Marcaonich, and which I have named in my illustration underthe species A Typical Dotterel Mountain. Marcaonich has an almost perfectly level top as seen from ourposition, but the platform really slopes very gently westward ;then about half a mile from the western end it gradually dipsagain. On the
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