282 The Scottish Naturalist. 



[SuRNiA NYCTEA. Sclby. The Snowy Owl. 



Near Montrose, Dec. 1867. Gray in Proc. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. of Glasgow.] 



21. NocTUA Tengmalmi. Cuv. Tengmalm's Owl. 



A very rare bird indeed. Cramond Island, Dec. i860 

 (Dr Smith in Trans. Roy. Phys. Soc, ii. p. 244) ; Berwick, 

 Feb. 1873 (Trans. Berw. Nat. Club, 1873, P- 132). 



INSESSORES. DENTIROSTRES. 



LANIAB^. 



22. Lanius excubitor. Li/in. The Great Grey Shrike. 



Not uncommon as a winter visitant. Specimens have 

 been seen in all the south-eastern counties, more espe- 

 cially in East Lothian and Berwickshire. One specimen 

 was noticed within the town of Edinburgh in 1866.^ 



23. Lanius collurio. Linn. The Red-backed Shrike. 



Very much rarer in our district than the last-named 

 species. Two at Dunbar, 1856;- two at Dunse, July 

 1859; Cupar, i86i;2 Gordon, Berwickshire, 1865.^ 



[Lanius rufus. Temm. The Woodchat Shrike. 

 Forfarshire. G. Don.] 



MUSCICAPID^. 



24. MusciCAPA grisola. Lin?i. The Spotted Fly-catcher. 



Common throughout the district. 



25. MusciCAPA ATRiCAPiLLA. LijiJi. The Pied Fly-catcher. 



Rare. Dunse, June, 1855 and 1856;^ Dunbar, May 

 1867;- Berwickshire, May 1872;^ North Berwick, 1876. 

 Mr Harvie Brown has also met with this species in Stir- 

 lingshire. 



1 Trans, of Roy. Thys. Society. ^ Gray's ' Birds of the W. of Scotland." 



^ Turnbull's '15irds of East Lothian.' 4 Proc. of Berw. Nat. Club. 



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