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parish of Killin, along with the Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 

 Greater and Lesser Redpolls, Kites, and Hen Harrier, Water Rail, 

 etc. It is also mentioned as frequenting Drumniond Hill, near 

 Taymouth, by Alexander Campbell.* It is very doubtful 

 whether this species should be included on the authority of the 

 above-mentioned works. 



Swallow. — Hirundo rustica, Linnaeus. Common, but decreasing 

 in number. They arrive in Strath Tay about 13th April. 



Martin. — Chelidon urbica (Linnaeus). Very common, and breeds 

 in large companies under the cliffs about Ben-y-Gloe in Glen Tilt, 

 according to Col. Drummond Ha v. 



Sand Martin. — Cotyle riparia (Linnaeus). Common along the 

 banks of the Tay, where they breed in large numbers. 



Skylark. — Alauda arvensis, Linnaeus. Not very common. 



VOLUCKES. 



Greater Spotted Woodpecker. — Picus major, Linnaeus. In the 

 New Statistical Account of Scotland this species is mentioned as 

 occurring in the parishes of Blair and Killin. One has been 

 obtained within the last few years by Mr Dewar, while keeper at 

 Finlarig, on the north side of Loch Tay. 



Wryneck. — Jynx torquilla, Linnaeus. Col. Drummond Hay, 

 in a letter to the Scottish Naturalist, says that, for several 

 seasons in succession, he heard the note of the Wryneck while 

 fishing in the Tay about Ballathy, not far from Stanley, and also 

 in the Faskally woods, near Pitlochry. On the 6th September, 

 this year, there was a specimen caught on the banks of the Cale- 

 donian Railway, near Stanley, which is now in the collection of 

 Mr. T. Marshall. 



Cuckoo. — Cuculus canorus, Linnaeus, Very abundant all 

 through the summer. On 12th August, 1877, I saw no fewer 

 than three young birds on a moor, near Aberfeldy, and while 

 beating a wood at the same place on 7th or 8th October, 1873, 

 Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown saw an adult bird. This year, 1878, 

 it was heard for the first time on 5th May. 



Boiler. — Coracias garrula, Linnaeus. One specimen obtained at 

 Dunkeld is mentioned by Mr. Gray.f 



* Journey through Scotland, by A. Campbell, 1802. Vol. I., p. 231. 

 t " Birds of West of Scotland, p. 202." 



