BIRDS. 

 BY JOHN PATERSON, 82 Gumming Drive, Glasgow. 



NOMENCLATURE FOLLOWED. 



List of British Birds, revised to March, 1899, by Howard 

 Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc. 



(Gray) = Birds of the West of Scotland, or Birds of Ayrshire. 

 The records for Dumbarton and Argyll, especially the latter, are very 

 incomplete. 



ORDER PASSERES. 



Fam. Turdidae. 



Turdus viscivorus, Linnaeus. Mistle-Thrush. C. 



T. musicus, Linnaeus. Song-Thrush. C. Much scarcer in many localities 

 in winter. 



T. iliacus, Linnaeus. Eedwing. C. in winter, appearing in Oct. 



T. pilaris, Linnaeus. Fieldfare. C. in winter, appearing after the preceding. 



T. merula, Linnaeus. Blackbird. Abundant. 



T. torquatus, Linnaeus. Ring-Ouzel. Gen. dist. Scarce in some places 

 though locally c. 



Saxicola oenantne (Linnaeus}. Wheatear, C. End of March till Oct. 



Pratincola rubetra (Linnaeus). Whinchat. Gen. dist. and locally c. summer. 

 Appears second half of April. 



P. rubicola (Linnaeus}. Stonechat. Very scarce or r. inland. C. in bramble- 

 patches and whins on Ayr coast. Not so c. in Buteshire. A resident. 



Ruticilla phoenicums (Linnaeus). -Redstart. Summer visitor appearing 

 second half April. R. unless on migration in Renfrew and Ayr. Well- 

 known as nesting in Lanark and northern half of " Clyde." 



Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus). Redbreast. C. 



Sylvia cinerea (Bechstein). Whitethroat. C. summer visitor, usually ap- 

 pearing end of April. 



S. curruca (Linnaeus). Lesser Whitethroat. Very little positive evidence 

 of occurrence in "Clyde." V. Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1899, pp. 210-214. 



S. atricapilla (Linnaeus). Blackcap. Summer over whole area, scarcer than 

 S. hortensis. 



S. hortensis (Bechstein). Garden-Warbler. C. in summer. 



Regulus cristatus, K. L. Koch. Golden-crested wren. C. 



Phylloscopus rufus (Bechstein). ChiffchafF. C. in summer in Ayr, freq. in 

 W. Renfrew (Castle-Semple), infreq. E. Renfrew, r. Lanark, freq. 

 L. Lomond and Gareloch, occurs in Argyll, e.g. Benmore and Castle 

 Toward ; Bute and Arran. 



