OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIRDS OF TIREE AND COLL 209 



31. BROWN-HEADED GULL, Lams ridibundus. Occasionally. 



32. COMMON GULL, L. canus. 



33. HERRING GULL, L. argentatns. 



34. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, L. fuscits. 



35. RICHARDSON'S SKUA, Stercorarius crepidatus. 



36. BLACK GUILLEMOT, Uria grylle. 



II. BIRDS BREEDING IN COLL NOT VET NOTICED AS NESTING 



IN TIREE. 



1. SONG THRUSH, Turdus musicus. Many. 



2. BLACKBIRD, T. merula. 



3. WHITETHROAT, Sylvia cinerea. One pair in 1891 ; not seen 



following spring. 



4. WHINCHAT, Pratincola rubetra. Many. 



5. STONECHAT, P. rubicola. Many. 



6. WREN, Troglodytes parvulus. Doubtless also in Tiree. 



7. COMMON LINNET, Linota cannabina. Many. 



8. REED BUNTING, Emberiza schaniclus. Commonly. 



9. HOUSE MARTIN, Chelidon urbica. Some nests at Arinagour, 



1898. 



10. COMMON HERON, Ardea cinerea. Used to nest on low bushes 



on island in loch near Arinagour. 



11. WIGEON, Mareca penelope. One nest noticed 1892. 



12. RED GROUSE, Lagopus scoticus. 



13. PARTRIDGE, Perdix cinerea. 



14. GOLDEN PLOVER, Charadrius pluvialis. A few pair. 



15. REDSHANK, Totanus calidris. Has nested near Arinagour. 



1 6. CURLEW, Numenius arquata. Occasionally, 

 i 7. BLACK-THROATED DIVER, Colymbus arcticus. 

 1 8. RED-THROATED DIVER, C. septentrionalis. 



III. BIRDS RECORDED AS BREEDING IN TlREE, BUT NOT IN COLL. 



1. GREENSHANK, Totanus canescens. 



2. SHOVELLER, Spatula clypeata. 



3. POCHARD, Fuligu la ferin a. 



4. TUFTED DUCK, F. cristata. 



5. SCOTER, CEdemia nigra. 



6. LITTLE TERN, Sterna niinuta. 



7. KITTIWAKE, Rissa tridactyla. \ 



8. RAZORBILL, Alca torda. > At Kenvara. 



9. COMMON GUILLEMOT, Uria troik. J 



IV. BIRDS RECORDED FROM TlREE, NOT FROM COLL. 



1. GOLD-CRESTED WREN, Regulus cristatus. 



2. SWIFT, Cypselus apus. 



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