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as regards numbers. Thus, while we had this summer an unus- 

 ually large breeding population of some summer migrants which 

 have a far northern summer distribution, these having been driven 

 further south by the winter, and delayed in returning, aud having 

 been therefore unusually crowded upon our latitudes, we had also 

 a great decrease in the numbers of others, such as the Common 

 Thrush, which, however, made an unusual call upon the insect 

 population of the south of England, as elsewhere referred to. 



MEADOW PIPIT. 



AXTHUS PRATENSIS (Lin.). 



In April their scarcity upon the moors and hills of Stirlingshire 

 and S. Perthshire, and I have no doubt elsewhere, was quite 

 remarkable. They appeared to me to be scarce at most localities 

 throughout the summer. In autumn, however, they appeared to 

 be even more numerous than in ordinary seasons. 



ROCK PIPIT. 

 Anthus obscurus (Lath. J. 



The Rock Pipit is reported as scarcer than usual during the 

 summer of 1879 upon the Berwickshire coast [J. Hardy]. 



TREE PIPIT. 



Anthus trivialis (Lin. J. 



First appeared at Oldcambus 14th May. First appeared at 

 Dunipace 16th May, when I saw one pair. Found Tree Pipits 

 building their nest on 25th May. 



Among eggs collected at Remony, Loch Tay side, Perthshire, 

 by Mr. D. Dewar, I recognized several of the Tree Pipits. The 

 exact distribution of this species in Scotland is not fully worked 

 out; therefore my mention of locality. 



The Rev. Chas. "W. Benson of Dublin records that he has no 

 account this year of the Tree Pipit in Ireland. 



MISSEL THRUSH. 



Turdus viscivorus, Lin. 

 One was seen as late as the last week of January by Mr. 

 Hardy in Berwickshire [in lit.. 5th February, 1879], but 

 they are decidedly scarcer throughout the country, as I 



