56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



OSCINES. 



Redstart. — Ituticilla phoenicurus (Linnaeus). Common in sum- 

 mer.* Frequents old walls at the sides of plantations. 



Redbreast. — Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus). Very common. 

 Stonechat. — Pratincola rubicola (Linnaeus). Pretty common. 

 Whinchat. — Pratincola rubetra (Linnaeus). Rare. 

 Wheatear. — Saxicola oenanthe (Linnaeus). Commoner than 

 either of the two last mentioned species, and to be found in the 

 same localities year after year. 



Missel Thrush. — Turclus viscivorus, Linnaeus. Very abundant, 

 and increasing every year. 



Song Thrush. — Turdus musicus, Linnaeus. Very common. 

 Redwiny. — Turdus iliacus, Linnaeus. A common winter visitant. 

 Fieldfare. — Turdus pilaris, Linnaeus. Also a common winter 

 visitant. Col. Drummond Hay mentions that he has seen this 

 bird in the Faskally woods, near Pitlochry, in June, and asks 

 whether it could have been bred there. I think it is quite possible, 

 as I believe I have seen Fieldfares in the Aberfeldy district at a 

 later date than June. 



Blackbird. — Turdus merula, Linnaeus. Very numerous in all 

 the wooded valleys in this district. 



Ring Ouzel. — Turdus torquatus, Linnaeus. Breeds on most of 

 the hills in Perthshire in considerable numbers. 



Dipper. — Cine] us aquaticus, Bechstein. Common on the Tay 

 and all its tributary streams. There is hardly a burn, however 

 small, where one or two of this species may not be seen. 

 Wren. — Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. Very abundant. 

 Gold-crest. — Regulus cristatus, Koch. Not often seen. In the 

 Old Statistical Account of Scotland this species is mentioned as being 

 rare in the parish of Dunkeld (1798). 



Fire-crest. — Regulus ignicapillus (Brehm). Observed by myself 

 in October, 1879, at Edradynate, in Strath Tay. 



Chiff chaff. — Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot). This species occurs 

 in the Rannoch district, on the authority of Mr. Thomas Eadle.f 



Willow Wren. — Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus). To be found 

 in all the large birch woods of the Breadalbane country. 



Wood IFVen. — Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein). Not un- 

 common in the woods of Faskally and near Pitlochry, according to 



* Booth's Cat. Birds in Dyke Road Museum, p. 14. + Zoologist, 1871, p. 2656'. 



