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as the banks of the river Inver, or Kirkaig, although I have never 

 actually met with the bird there myself.* 



WHEATEAE. 



SAXICOLA OENANTHE [L.) 90. 



If anything, decreased in numbers, even in the limestone 

 districts, as far as I could observe whilst on a fishing tour. Their 

 abundance did not, as formerly, strike me as so remarkable as 

 their apparent comparative scarcity. It is also the opinion of the 

 natives that they have decreased in numbers. 



WHINCHAT. 



SAXICOLA RUBETRA (L.) 90. 



Apparently as common as formerly at the locality alluded to in 

 my former communication. Occurs also, amongst other localities, 

 at Kintradwell, in the parish of Loth, whence there are specimens 

 in the Dunrobin Museum. 



STONECHAT. 



SAXICOLA RUBICOLA (L.) 90. 



Also again observed, commonly, at the same locality as the last 

 — near Unapool and Kylesku. Occurs also, amongst other 

 localities, at Loch Brora, parish of Clyne, whence there are two 

 specimens (dated May 30, 1834) in the Dunrobin Museum. 



EEDSTART. 

 RUTICILLA PHOENICURUS (Z.) 90. 



Mr Thomas Mackenzie writes of this species, that it is becoming 

 commoner every year on the line of country between Dornoch and 

 Golspie. He gets two or three nests every year. But Mr 

 Crawford, on the other hand, considers them to be scarcer in the 

 north than formerly. Mr E. R Alston observed the species at 

 Rosehall, in passing in the mail-gig, this June, and I saw one 

 specimen in the Loch Inver plantations in the west. 



* It would well repay the trouble of minute investigation to work out the 

 exact distribution of this species in Scotland. 



