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GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia hortensis (Bechst.) One seen in Manse 

 garden, May 22, 1897 ; another afterwards, on June 20, in 

 hedgerow below Crossridge Farm, gathering insects, which it 

 carried off in the direction of Carmichael Policies. For an 

 interesting note on the distribution of this species around 

 Lanark, see paragraph by Mr. John Paterson in " Annals of 

 Scottish Natural History," 1895, p. 194. Mr. D. Pringle 

 reports it as nesting at Chapel. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN, Regulus cristatus K. L. Koch. Re- 

 ported as common around Biggar in 1835 ("S. A.") ; and under 

 Walston is the remark that at times it may be met with, the 

 Rev. J. Wilson having found one perched on the bell-rope in 

 his study, October 1835. Seen by Mr. J. Paterson in Hap- 

 pendon Woods, Douglas. It is known to Mr. A. Telfer. 

 There are several families frequenting suitable localities in the 

 parish : Carmichael Avenue, Stonehill, and Eastend Woods. 



WILLOW WREN, Phylloscopus trochilus (L.) An abundant spring, 

 summer, and autumn visitant. Appeared this season April 1 5 

 at Braidwood, and April 30 in the parish. 



WOOD WREN, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.) Mr. J. Paterson 

 found this species scarce in Braidlea Burn glen, but frequent 

 and common in Happendon Woods (" Notes "). I have heard the 

 note of this species among the pines of Carmichael Avenue and 

 Stonehill W T ood, but have not seen the bird itself. Mr. Pater- 

 son informs me (/// ///. August 9, 1897) that he also knows of 

 the presence of this species " on the Avon, the Fiddler's Burn, 

 the Mouse, and Falls of Clyde." 



SEDGE WARBLER, Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.) Not uncom- 

 mon, and nesting. Mr. Paterson found it common in district 

 visited by him (" Notes "). 



HEDGE SPARROW, Accentor modularis (L.), local name " Dykie."- 

 Resident and common. 



DIPPER, Cinclus aquaticus, Bechst., local name "Water-crow." 

 Resident along the Clyde and all the streams of the district. 

 Referring to note in "Annals of Scottish Natural History," 

 1892, p. 198 "On Unusual Nesting-Places of Species " the 

 following particulars may be given. In 1889 a nest was found 

 on the top of a boulder about three feet high in mid-stream of 

 the Carmichael Burn. It appeared to be a piece of rough 

 turf stranded after a spate. On being touched it fell over, and 

 the bird flew out, revealing the nest. In 1891 a nest was 

 built on the very point of an old hawthorn stump, about six 

 feet above the burn at the foot of the Manse garden. The 

 situation was too conspicuous, and it was destroyed after eggs 



