Clackmannan and Kinross . n replaced byheather. Where the rock is not covered with boulderclay and the soil is formed from the weathering of theblack basaltic crags, the vegetation is richer; and DrSmith mentions that a list of 40 species of plants wasmade in August 1900 on the crags of Dumglow (CleishHills) at a height of lOOO feet with a south-westexposure. This list includes Fcstuca ovina^ Geraniumsanguineuf/iy Trifolium prateme^ Anthyllis vulneraria^ Rosasptnosissima^ Pimplnella saxifraga^ Scabiosa succisa andf^eronica officinalis. The woods ot the county are comferous (chiefly Scotspine)
Clackmannan and Kinross . n replaced byheather. Where the rock is not covered with boulderclay and the soil is formed from the weathering of theblack basaltic crags, the vegetation is richer; and DrSmith mentions that a list of 40 species of plants wasmade in August 1900 on the crags of Dumglow (CleishHills) at a height of lOOO feet with a south-westexposure. This list includes Fcstuca ovina^ Geraniumsanguineuf/iy Trifolium prateme^ Anthyllis vulneraria^ Rosasptnosissima^ Pimplnella saxifraga^ Scabiosa succisa andf^eronica officinalis. The woods ot the county are comferous (chiefly Scotspine) at Knock Wood, Tillier) Plantation and Leven-mouth Plantation; birch on the hillside north of Scotland- NATURAL HISTORY t)9 well; oak on the west foot of Renarty; and mixed atBlairadam and in the grounds of Kinross House, KinrossHouse has some very fine beech trees. The rabbit, the hedgehog, the vole, and the brownrat are abundant in the county; much less common arethe hare and the fox, while the badger and the otter tend. Birch woods overlooking Scotlaudwcii to become exterminated. The pole cat, formerly foundhere, has vanished; and, indeed, is nearly, if not quite,extinct in Scotland. The shire is rich in bird life;among the rarer species Alcedo hpuia (the kingfisher) andLoxia curvirostra (the crossbill) may be mentioned; whilethe islets of Loch Leven are veritable sanctuaries for wild 7—2 100 KINR08S-SHIRE fowl. Formerl) there were people who, engaging boatsat Kinross ostensibly for fishing, would visit St Serfs Inchfor the purpose of robbing the nests; but this was stoppedby forbidding the boats to land except on a small fenced-off portion of that island. Some of the birds which atone time used to breed on the islands are no longer Robert Sibbald, at the close of the seventeenth century,mentions a small island near St Serfs Inch called theBitterns Bower; but the bittern is not known now tobreed in any part of Scotland. It may be of interest togive the other bird
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