222 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



BLACKBIRD, Turd its memla, L. Common at all seasons. 



RING OUZEL, Turdus torquatus, L. The only occurrences known to 

 us relate to single birds at the spring and autumn migrations, as 

 we are informed by Messrs. H. B. Watt and A. Gilmour, Yr., 

 respectively. 



WHEATEAR, Saxicola cenanthe (L.) Generally distributed in spring 

 and autumn. Nesting in the upland portions of the district, 

 a pair occasionally chooses a site at a lower elevation, as in the 

 rubble heaps at the Giffnock sandstone quarries. Appearing 

 in the end of March, young birds are seen in the end of July 

 on the return passage, and Wheatears may be seen irregularly 

 till November. 



WHINCHAT, Pratincola rubetra (L.) Common. Appears usually in 

 the last ten days of April. 



STONECHAT, Pratincola rubicola (L.) Mentioned in the " Notes on 

 the Fauna and Flora of the West of Scotland " (1876) as having 

 bred at Pollokshields. We have never seen it in the district. 



REDSTART, Riitidlla plmnicurus (L.) Appears regularly in spring 

 from the Qth April ( ? ), and again on the return passage it has 

 been seen in consecutive years in Camphill from the end of 

 July till the first days of September. Common enough in 

 parts of Lanarkshire and in Dumbartonshire, we only know it 

 in this district as a bird of passage. While this is being written 

 a nest has reached us, taken in the Abbey parish of Renfrew- 

 shire, bordering our district. 



REDBREAST, Erithacus rubecula (L.) Common. 



WHITETHROAT, Sylvia cinerea (Bechst.) A common species in 

 summer. Has been noted on the 23rd and 28th April on 

 arrival; but in 1894, though diligently sought for by a number 

 of observers, it did not appear in our district till i2th May, 

 when it suddenly became common. 



LESSER WHITETHROAT, Sylvia curruca (L.) Reported in a letter to 

 the "Glasgow Herald" as occurring near Pollokshaws. Our 

 attempts to trace it through the gentleman who mentioned it, 

 Mr. Andrew Scobie, Hurlford, have ended unsatisfactorily. 



BLACKCAP, Sylvia atricapilla (L.) Mentioned in the same letter as 

 the last species, but our inquiries have resulted similarly. 



GARDEN WARBLER, Sylvia kortensis (Bechst.) Has nested at Upper 

 Pollok, and has been noted at Aikenhead, on the confines of 

 our district, by Mr. Dale, a good observer. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN, Regulus cristatus, Koch. Very common 

 in winter in plantations and in hedgerows ; a few pairs 

 remaining during the nesting season. 



