BIRSE, parish immediately south-east of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen. Its length is fully 9 miles ; its breadth fully 7 miles ; its area, 31,219 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7005. Pop. 1093. The surface extends from the Dee to a watershed of the Grampians ; is hilly and mountainous, and comprises only about 3360 acres of arable land. The chief residences are Finzean and Ballogie. The parochial church contains about 500 sittings, and a Roman Catholic chapel at Ballogie is small. There are 3 schools, with accommodation for 196 scholars.
BIRSLEY, historical place, with coal mines, in Tranent parish, Haddingtonshire.
BIRTHWOOD, seat in Culter parish, Lanarkshire.
BISHOPBRIGGS, village, 3J miles north-east of Glasgow. It has a post office under Glasgow, a railway station, a Free church, and a public school with about 94 scholars. Pop. 832.
BISHOPMILL, suburb of Elgin. Pop. 1196.
BISHOP'S LOCH, small lake in Cadder and Old Monkland parishes, Lanarkshire.
BISHOP'S LOCH, small lake in the south of New Machar parish, Aberdeenshire.
BISHOPTON, village, mansion, and hill-ridge in Renfrewshire. The village stands 5f miles north-west of Paisley, and has a post office under Glasgow, a railway station, and a public school with about 50 scholars. Pop. 280. The mansion stands on the adjacent hillside, commands a charming view, and was once the rural seat of the Archbishop of Glasgow. The hill-ridge separates the Clyde from the low land of Gryfesdale, and is pierced by a long tunnel of the Glasgow and Greenock Railway.
BIXTER, voe or bay in Sandsting parish, Shetland.
BIZZYBERRY, lofty hill in Biggar parish, Lanarkshire.
BLABHEIN, wild, fissured, pinnacled mountain-ridge, with extreme height of 3019 feet, and with sublime view, between Loch Slappin and Loch Scavaig, in south-east of Isle of Skye.
BLACKADDER, river, running about 20 miles eastward to the Whitadder, near Allanton, Berwickshire.
BLACKADDER HOUSE, seat of Sir George A. F. H. Boswell, Bart., in Edrom parish, Berwickshire.
BLACKBRAES, village in Muiravonside parish, Stirlingshire. It has a public school with about 226 scholars. Pop. 387.
BLACKBURN, village, 2J miles south of Bathgate, Linlithgowshire. It has a post office under Bathgate, and a public school with about 159 scholars. Pop. 790.
BLACKBURN, village about 2 miles south-east of Kintore, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen, and a Free church.
BLACK BURN, rivulet, making 3 great cascades, and entering the Liddel near Newcastleton, Roxburghshire.
BLACK BURN, rivulet, running to the North Esk, in Mary kirk parish, Kincardineshire.
BLACK BURN, rivulet, running to Loch of Drum, Aberdeenshire.
BLACK CART, rivulet, running 9 miles north-eastward into confluence with White Cart, 2 miles north of Paisley, Renfrewshire.
BLACK CAVE, great cavern in Struey rocks, on south coast of Arran Island, Buteshire.
BLACKCRAIG, village in Minnigaff parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
BLACK CRAIG, mountain, 2298 feet high, in New Cumriock parish, Ayrshire.
BLACK CRAIG, mountain in Port of Menteith parish, Perthshire.
BLACK CRAIG, hill, with grand view, in Creich parish, Fife.
BLACKDEAN, hill, 1642 feet high, 4i miles south-east of Morebattle, Roxburghshire.
BLACK DEE, river, running about 18 miles south-eastward into confluence with the Ken, to form the Dee, in Kirkcudbrightshire.
BLACK ESK, head-stream of the Esk, in Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire.
BLACKFAULDS, seat near Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
BLACKFORD, village and parish in south-east of Perthshire. The village stands 10 miles north-east of Dunblane, and has a post office, with money order department, under Braco, a railway station, a banking office, a hotel, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 116 scholars. Pop. 679. The parish is about 10 miles long and 5 broad, and comprises 21,453 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 17,588. Pop. 1595. The river Earn bounds the north, Devon water the south, and the Madrany, the Ruthven, and the Allan traverse parts of the interior. The northern district is rich, well-cultivated strath ; the middle district comprises Tullibardine glen and moor; and the southern district is part of the Ochil Hills. There are 3 public schools for 231 scholars.
