200 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



(i); Mearns (Renfrew) 26th (i); East Linton, 2Qth (i) 

 (Evans); Dreghorn, 3oth (i) (Evans); Isle of May, 3oth (2), 

 and numerous there next day (p. n). Became generally 

 reported, ist to 3rd May. In Mull on 2nd May, one in six- 

 teen miles, but general next morning. This record is eloquent 

 regarding the conditions in the sister country which the Willow- 

 Wrens had failed to penetrate. In song till 1 2th July, Mearns 

 (Renfrew). Last mainland observation, 2yth September, Cald- 

 well, one among rasps. At Butt of Lewis on 2 6th October 

 (p. 43). 



P. SIBILATRIX (Wood-Wren). A few seem to have penetrated 

 to Dunoon by 20th April, but this is exceptional. Kirkliston, 

 8th May ; Braidwood (Lanark), Row (Dumbarton), and 

 Kilchattan (Bute), 9th ; Darnley Glen (Glasgow), i oth ; Mull, 

 nth, one (<$), and found later nesting at Lochbuie, Carsaig, 

 and Duart (Mull). 



HYPOLAIS ICTERINA (Icterine Warbler). Got in the Fair Isle 

 (p. 73). New to Scotland. 



ACROCEPHALUS PHRAGMixis (Sedge-Warbler). Fossil (Glasgow), 

 3rd May (i), but no more there till i4th. At Caldwell and 

 Balgray (Renfrew) on loth, Kirkliston, nth. Very scarce at 

 Fossil Marsh, where the largest number seen by Mr. Wm. 

 Rennie between iyth May and i4th July was five on i6th June. 

 On i yth June Mr. MacKeith could only find two nests in two 

 hours at Loch Libo : he says, " I think the special feature of 

 the season is the great scarcity of the Sedge-Warbler." In 

 Bute "much scarcer than usual, many situations which in 

 former years harboured a pair or more were untenanted " (John 

 Robertson). Mr. John Craig, writing to me from Beith, says 

 on 4th June, " Strange to say, I have never seen or heard a 

 Sedge- Warbler. " In his " Notes " under date 6th July, Mr. 

 Robert Service asks if his " observation that these birds, usually 

 so conspicuous and vociferous, are this season extremely 

 scarce, is confirmed by other observers of our local bird life." 

 A very unambiguous reply is supplied in the foregoing details, 

 which further illustrate the value of co-operation for the exercise 

 of which this report supplies the opportunity. The first notice 

 of its scarcity came from Kirkliston. 



LOCUSTELLA N^EViA (Grasshopper- Warbler). At Dairy (Ayr), Qth 

 May, Darnley Glen (Glasgow), loth, and one ( $ ) on the Isle 

 of May on 2 1 st September. 



L. LUSCINIOIDES (Savi's Warbler). Occurred at the Fair Isle in the 

 spring (p. 73). New to Scotland. 



ACCENTOR MODULARIS (Hedge - Sparrow). Sings, Mull, 3rd 

 February. Young, at Gilston, when newly fledged, still had 



