326 The Scottish Naturalist. 



^^. Oriolus galbula. Linn. The Golden Oriole. 



A rare visitor from the south. Restalrig, 1807 ;i Kirk- 

 caldy, 1870 ;2 Kirkconnel, 1872 j^ near Edinburgh, 1876. 



SYLVIID^. 



34. Accentor modularis. Linn. The Hedge Sparrow. 



Very common. 



35. Erythaca rubecula. Linn. The Robin Red-breast. 



Very common. 



[Phcenicura SuEciCA. Selhy. The Blue- throated Warbler. 

 This bird has probably never been obtained precisely 

 within our limits. One was shot at Aberdeen, in May 

 1876. A nest in Dumfriesshire, 1858.^] 



36. Phcenicura ruticilla. Gould. The Redstart. 



Rather sparingly distributed, but by no means rare. Pro- 

 bably increasing in numbers. 



37. Phcenicura tithys. Selby. The Black Redstart. 



A straggler. Kincardineshire, Nov. 1876 (Mr Harvie 

 Brown); Elie, Aug. 1876 (Gray in Proc. of Berw. Nat. 

 Club). 



38. Saxicola rubicola. Flem. The Stonechat. 



Tolerably abundant. 



39. Saxicola rubetra. Flem. The Whinchat. 



If anything, rather more numerous than the Stonechat. 



40. Saxicola cenanthe. Linn. The Wheatear. 



Common during spring and summer. 



41. Salicaria locustella. Sclby. The Grasshopper Warbler. 



A rare summer migrant. Mr James Hardy says that it 

 was formerly much more numerous in Berwickshire than 

 now.'^ One was shot close to Edinburgh in May 1878. 

 (Breeds rather abundantly in Durham.) 



i Turnbull's ' Birds of East Lothian.' 

 2 Gray's Birds of the West of Scotland.' '^ ' Scottish Naturahst.' 



•» Proc. of Berw. Nat. Field Club. 



