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Title: A fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Harvie-Brown, J. A. (John Alexander), 1844-1916
Subjects: Zoology Birds Vertebrates
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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iety of Scotland, the East of Scotland Union ofNaturalists Societies, and the Scottish Photographic Federation.Within the Society itself three inner circles have been formed,namely, the Mountain Club, the Photographic Section, and theJunior Section. The last-named was the outcome of the ChildrensEssay Competitions, of which eight have been held, with a total of1074 competitors. From the foregoing summary it will be seen that the Society hasaccomplished a considerable amount of work since its inauguration in1867. Much however still remains to be done in working up thenatural history of the region. There is scope, for instance, fororiginal research in investigating the life-history and development ofthe various forms of animal and plant life, as well as the moreobscure problems of structure and function. Studies such as thesedemand leisure and patience, as well as skill and experience; buteven small additions to the sum of human knowledge are of value inthe progress of scientific truth.
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SIR THOS. MONCKIEFFE, BART. DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTERS.GENERAL WATERSHEDS. The great Basin of the river Tay and its tributary streams alonecovers a vast area, greater in capacity than that of any other riversystem in Scotland. It contains no less than some 2600 squaremiles. The whole of this great basin may be described, along v^iththat of Strathmore and its easterly flowing waters, as being almostcompletely hemmed in by the continuous chain of the Grampiansand their extensions, as already spoken of, separating Tay fromDee, and from the Moray Basin along its northern boundaries ;even the passes through the crests of this huge watershed are ofgreat altitudes, as for instance at the head of Glenshee at or nearthe Devils Elbow (2060 feet), and at lesser altitudes; at GlenTilt (1413 feet), and at Drumouchter (1500 feet), before thedescent into the valley of the Spey, vid the course of the riverTruim, begins; whilst other much lower passes occur near Tyndrum,and between the head-waters of Fokth

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