150 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



WILLOW WREN. In favourite sites it is fairly common. In the fall 

 I often see it about the gardens in town. 



WOOD WREN. Not by any means a common species, but will be met 

 now and again in suitable localities. 



SEDGE WARBLER. Our Scottish Nightingale. Breeds in bushy banks. 

 Near my house I used to visit a favourite brook side to listen 

 to it. If the singer was silent I would drop a stone into the 

 bush, and no sooner did so than the sweet notes would break 

 forth on the evening stillness. 



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. Although I have not had the fortune to 

 find a nest of this bird, still I am convinced I heard its notes 

 one evening. The bird itself was hidden by the foliage, but 

 the trilling seemed to me to be from the bird named. 



HEDGE SPARROW. The " Blue Jannet " of the schoolboy. Very 

 common about all hedges and ditches. 



LONG-TAILED TIT. Nests in several woods along the Howe of the 



Mearns. 

 GREAT TIT. Plentiful. Often seen about the trees bordering the 



turnpikes, where it evidently finds a change of food. 



COAL TIT. Nests in several localities. 



BLUE TIT. Very common about gardens in rural parts. Breeds 



regularly over the whole county. 

 TREE CREEPER. Not by any way familiar. It only breeds in 



special districts, and that sparingly. 

 WREN. This bird can be seen in every locality. A ditch side 



seems to be the most favourite site for its nest. 



PIED WAGTAIL. Widely distributed from sea-shore to hillside. 

 GRAY WAGTAIL. To be seen about the streams occasionally. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL. Not uncommon, and breeds annually here and 



there. 

 MEADOW PIPIT. Fairly distributed, but not common by any means. 



It appears to be more abundant towards the sea border than 



inland. 

 TREE PIPIT. I give this as breeding in the parish of Fordoun, on 



the authority of M. 



ROCK PIPIT. Along the whole sea margin this species is fairly 



plentiful. 

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. A summer migrant to the county. It is 



more common, I think, than some suppose. 



SWALLOW. Comes in April and leaves in September. Very abun- 

 dant. Have known stray birds to linger on to October and 

 November. 



