NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OP GLASGOW. 237 



Stonechat. — Pratincola rubicola (Lin.). Rare. 



Whinchat. — Pratincola rubetra (Lin.). Very rare. 



Wheatear. — Saxicola aenanthe (Lin.). Common. 



Missel Thrush. — Turdus viscivorus, Lin. Rare, but increasing 

 in numbers annually. 



Song Thrush. — Turdus musicus, Lin. Common in all the 

 wooded parts of the district. 



Redwing. — Turdus iliacus, Lin. Common in autumn and 

 winter. Has been observed to remain all summer in this neigh- 

 bourhood.* 



Fieldfare. — Turdus pilaris, Lin. An autumn and winter 

 visitant like the last-named species. 



Blackbird. — Turdus memda, Lin. Very common. 



Ring Ouzel. — Turdus torquatus, Lin. Not common, but is 

 sometimes seen on the moors at Aberdour and on Mormond Hill. 



Dipper. — Cinclus aquaticus, Bechstein. Breeds on all the 

 burns and rivers, and at the Loch of Strathbeg. 



Wren. — Troglodytes parvidus, Koch. Very generally dis- 

 tributed. 



Gold-crest. — Regidus cristatus, Koch. Rare. 



Willow Wren, — Phylloscopus trochilus (Lin.). Common in 

 summer. 



Wood Wren. — Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.). A specimen 

 was procured by Mr. W. Craibe Angus, at Fyvie Castle, in 1862, 

 when he took the nest and eggs.f Two others were seen and one 

 shot at Gourdas, Fyvie, in the beginning of May, 18724 



Whitethroat. — Sylvia rufa (Boddaert). Occasionally seen 

 during the summer months. 



Blackcap. — Sylvia atricapilla (Lin.). Mr. G. Sim, Gourdas, 

 Fyvie, shot one on 27th April, 1872, which was the second 

 specimen of this species seen in the locality. § 



Reed Warbler. — Acroceplmlus streperus (Vieillot). Breeds in 

 suitable localities round the Loch of Strathbeg. || Probably the 

 Sedge Warbler, Galamodus schoenobanus, is meant here. 



Great Titmouse. — Parus major, Lin. Numerous where there 

 are large woods, and increasing every year. 



* Yarrell's British Birds, 3rd edition, vol. i., p. 218. 



+ Gray's "Birds of West of Scotland," p. 97. 



% Scot. Nat., vol. i., p. 226. § Scot. Nat., vol. i., p. 226. 



Ii Nat., vol. iv., pp. 239-247 and 263-271. 



