58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Waxwing. — Ampelis garrulus, Linnaeus, One of this species 

 has been killed near Loch Tay, by Mr. D. Dewar, gamekeeper at 

 Bemony, near Kenmore, who has the specimen in his possession. 



Spotted Flycatcher. — Muscicapa grisola, Linnaeus. Not common, 

 but a few may be seen every season in the wooded parts of the 

 country. 



Pied Wagtail. — Motacilla lugubris, Temminck. Common. 



Gray Wagtail. — Motacilla sulphurea, Bechstein. A few seen by 

 me every season. Col. Drummond Hay says that the Yellow Wag- 

 tail has never been observed by him in Perthshire or any of the 

 adjoining counties, and where it has been recorded he believes it to 

 have been confounded with the Gray Wagtail in its winter dress. 



Tree Pipit.— Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus). Rare. Seen in 

 Faskally woods, near Pitlochry, by Col. Drummond Hay. 



Meadow Pipit. — Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus). Very common in 

 all this district. 



Pock Pipit. — Anthus obscurus (Latham). In a list of " birds 

 observed at Rannoch in 1879,"* by Thomas Eadle, the Pock 

 Pipit is included, but I agree with Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown in 

 thinking this must be an error. 



Hedge Sjxirroiv. — Accentor modularis (Linnaeus). Not very 

 abundant but increasing yearly. 



Pine Grosbeak. — Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus). One seen at 

 Dunkeld by Col. Drummond Hay, hitherto unrecorded.! 



Bullfinch. — Pyrrhula europaea, Vieillot. Common in all the 

 wooded glens, especially in the woods behind Aberfeldy and in the 

 Pass of Killiecrankie. As this bird is frequently accused of damag- 

 ing fruit trees, I give the following notes by Col. Drummond Hay 

 in its defence : — 



" This bird has a bad name, on account of the supposed mischief 

 he does in destroying the fruit buds during the spring months, and 

 is consequently shot down indiscriminately. In its defence, how- 

 ever, I may say that I have known an apple-tree in the neighbour- 

 hood of Pitlochry, under which the whole ground was positively 

 strewed with buds, and yet, when the autumn came round, this very 

 tree, which in spring had all the appearance of having been de- 

 stroyed by Bullfinches, bore a heavier and a finer crop than any other 



* Zoologist, 1871, p. 2656. 



fHarting's " Handbook of Brit. Birds," p. 114. 



