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CHIFF-CHAFF, Phylloscopus niftis (Bechst.) We have never met 

 with this local bird in the district, but Mr. Dale has heard it at 

 Aikenhead. 



WILLOW WREN, Phylloscopus trochilus (L.) This is the most 

 common warbler in the district in summer, appearing about 

 the second week in April. 



WOOD WREN, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.) We have failed to 

 find this bird in the nesting season, but it appears regularly on 

 Camphill in Queen's Park in the end of July and in August in 

 some numbers. 



SEDGE WARBLER, Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.) Common, 

 arriving towards the end of April. A writer in " Science 

 Gossip," August 1895, has drawn attention to the nest of 

 this species being at times suspended in reeds, although this 

 habit is asserted to distinguish the Reed Warbler from the 

 Sedge bird. We can quite confirm, from our experience in 

 Renfrewshire, that the Sedge bird's nest is sometimes inter- 

 woven with and suspended by the stout grasses of the hedge- 

 row in one instance at Loch Libo clearly suspended in a 

 clump of Phragmitis communis, and in another among plants 

 of Epilobium angustifoliuni. 



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER, Locustella ncevia (Bodd.) Appeared in 

 the present year in the district at Giffnock on the ist of May, 

 as we are informed by Mr. Robert Wilson. It was heard on 

 the yth, 8th, and gth May by Mr. Robertson, who had 

 favourable opportunities at Thornliebank and Giffnock of 

 seeing its behaviour while reeling. On the 23rd June it was 

 again heard in a plantation at Nether Pollok, where we sup- 

 pose it breeds. 



HEDGE SPARROW, Accentor modularis (L.) Common. 



DIPPER, Cinclus aquaticus (Bechst.) Very common on the streams 

 of this district, singing its simple song even in the hardest 

 weather, although Mr. Seebohm seems to indicate that it is 

 only tempted to sing when mild weather sets in. 



BRITISH LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE, Acredula rosea (Blythe). Occa- 

 sionally seen in small parties, but only in winter. 



GREAT TITMOUSE, Parus major, L. Common. 



BRITISH COAL TITMOUSE, Parus britannicus, S. and D. Chiefly 

 known as a winter visitor, often in considerable flocks, in the 

 company of Goldcrests, Tree-Creepers, and Blue Titmouses. 



BLUE TITMOUSE, Parus carukus, L. Common at all seasons. 



WREN, Troglodytes paruulus, Koch. Common. 

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