. The charm of the hills [microform]. Birds; Bird watching; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. T *:j»si «.. .s 7--v7^,>o»^jP,^^i|y>j AT THE SOURCE OF THE DEE 79 patch of long heath, r, and scraping a fiollow at the side of some boulder. up the slupes of Cairntoul we hear tlie roarinp of the staps: we can make out a fair-sized lurcl, showing IS tiny specks against the rocks and and soon we note that two of the sta;;? are hard at work fi-,'!)tini,'. With locked antlers they sway backwards and for a time, apparently a truce is called, and they walk off Muite peacefully. Sm h is n
. The charm of the hills [microform]. Birds; Bird watching; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. T *:j»si «.. .s 7--v7^,>o»^jP,^^i|y>j AT THE SOURCE OF THE DEE 79 patch of long heath, r, and scraping a fiollow at the side of some boulder. up the slupes of Cairntoul we hear tlie roarinp of the staps: we can make out a fair-sized lurcl, showing IS tiny specks against the rocks and and soon we note that two of the sta;;? are hard at work fi-,'!)tini,'. With locked antlers they sway backwards and for a time, apparently a truce is called, and they walk off Muite peacefully. Sm h is not always the endinjr to a fif,'ht. however, and a stalker informs us that h<- has come upon a staf:; with its skull split clean in two as the result of a battle royal with a rival. L<-avinf,' the bothy behind us. we flush several coveys of },'rouse ; in fact, we do not ever remember .sceni},' so many in this district, where fox and golden eagle take such a litavy toll of Lagopus scotuia. Having arrived at the Pools of Doe—which must be car,-fully distinguished from the Wells—we leave the path and strike up the very steep side of Draenach. 'I he Pools of Dee arc situated on the summit of the (ihru, and are known as one of the of the Dec. They are not, however, a true source, for the water comes in reality from Hen Muich Dhui. and llows for some time underground, to reappear at the Pools. On the southern side of Men Muich Dhui is a snowdnft of over 100 yards in length .h was drifted into the corrie by a riercc storm on the la' ao days of August, the summit pla'icau of the hill was covered to a depth of cjuite four ft^et of snow. After leaving the Pools of Dec we notice that the blae- berry crop is a specially abundant one. the berries even at this height (3,000 feet) being of large size and well ripened. As wc push up the hill-side we flush one or two ptarmigan —already changing to their winter plumage—and hoar one of these birds croaking mo
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