24 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



TREE CREEPER, Certhia familiaris. Seen occasionally. 

 PIED WAGTAIL, Motadlla lugubris. Common. 



GRAY WAGTAIL, Motadlla melanope. A few pairs of this beautiful 

 species nest in the area, returning year by year to the same 

 haunts. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL, Motadlla raii. I saw a pair near Tushielaw Inn 

 in the end of April 1889. 



TREE PIPIT, Anthus trivialis. Common. A pair always near 

 Tushielaw Inn. On going out of the inn on a genial morning 

 in late spring or early summer, the first sound which falls on 

 the ear is the note of this bird, which is immediately detected 

 perched on the topmost twig of one of the tall roadside trees. 

 From that point it, from time to time, soars and descends, 

 pouring out during its flight its very pleasing song. 



MEADOW PIPIT, Anthus pratensis. Abundant 

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, Musdcapa grisola. A few pairs. 

 SWALLOW, Hirundo rustica. Common. 

 MARTIN, Chelidon urbica. Common. 



SAND MARTIN, Cotile riparia. Not so often seen as the two species 

 last noticed. 



SWIFT, Cypselus apus. Fairly common. 



HOUSE SPARROW, Passer domesticus. Common. 



GREENFINCH, Ligurinus chloris. Common. 



CHAFFINCH, Friiigilla cctlebs. Abundant. 



LINNET, Acanthis cannabina. Scarce. 



LESSER REDPOLL, Acanthis rufescens. Heard in autumn. 



BULLFINCH, Pyrrhula europcza. Seen at Bowhill and at Thirlestane. 



CORN BUNTING, Emberiza miliaria. Scarce. 



YELLOW BUNTING, Emberiza dtrinella. Common. 



REED BUNTING, Emberiza schcenidus. A pair usually on all suitable 

 ground. 



SNOW BUNTING, Plectrophenax niralis. Common in autumn. 

 STARLING, Sturnus vulgar is. Common. 



MAGPIE, Pica rustica. A few pairs, particularly at Tushielaw and 

 Thirlestane. 



JACKDAW, Corvus monednla.- Common. A number of pairs nest 

 in the rabbit burrows on the slope of the Kip on Crosslee 

 Farm. 



RAVEN, Corvus corax. Seen occasionally. 



