18 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



east side of the island. We only came across one in South 

 Uist, and that was a male in the garden at Grogary Lodge. 

 I saw a pair, and found a nest, in a garden near Loch Maddy, 

 North Uist. Round Stornoway the Blackbird is nearly as 

 common as the Song Thrush. 



WHINCHAT, Pratincola rubetra (Linnaeus). We did not come 

 across the Whinchat in either Barra, the Uists, or Benbecula. 

 In Lewis I saw a pair near Loch Tholta Bhredein, some five 

 miles to the south-west of Stornoway, and there are several 

 pairs breeding in the Castle grounds near that town. 



STONECHAT, Pratincola rubicola (Linnaeus). This species does not 

 seem to have been found breeding in Barra. On i8th May 

 we saw a single male by the side of Traig Mhoir, and on the 

 22nd a male and two females among the heather at the foot of 

 Ben Erival. The first bird seen may possibly have been a 

 passing migrant, but I do not think the other three were, as 

 two of them, a pair, kept flying about as if they had a nest, 

 though we failed to find one. In South Uist we saw a male 

 near Daliburgh on ist June, and in Benbecula two pairs at 

 the foot of Rueval. The Stonechat is not uncommon in 

 North Uist, and I also saw it in Harris and Lewis. 



REDBREAST, Erithacus rubeciila (Linnaeus). We saw two Robins in 

 Barra during the last week of May ; it has bred there since 

 1892. Round Stornoway it is very abundant. 



WHITETHROAT, Sylvia cinerea (Bechstein). A single bird, seen in a 

 small plantation on the east side of Barra, was the only 

 example of this species we came across in the Outer Hebrides. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN, Regulus cristatus, K. L. Koch. A few 

 pairs of Golden-crested Wrens bred in the woods round the 

 Castle at Stornoway, and I several times fell in with family 

 parties of old and young birds. Mr. D. Mackenzie tells me 

 this species is plentiful at Stornoway in the autumn, but I do 

 not think it has been recorded before during the breeding 

 season. 



HEDGE SPARROW, Accentor inodularis (Linnaeus). In Barra we 

 came across a pair at North Bay, and a single bird amongst 

 some trees near Traig Mhoir. Dr. M'Rury does not seem to 

 have met with this species in South Uist, but we saw one in 

 the garden at Grogary Lodge, and another among some long 

 heather near the head of Loch Skiport. It is common in the 

 Castle grounds at Stornoway. 



COAL TITMOUSE, Parus britannicus, Sharpe and Dresser. In October 

 1904 Mr. D. Mackenzie, Stornoway, saw a small flock of 

 Coal Tits on a tree in front of Mhorsgail Lodge, Lewis. He 

 ran into the lodge for a gun to shoot a specimen, but the Tits 



