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BLUE TIT. 



PARUS CAERULEUS, Linnaeus. 



Common but local, as the last. This is another species which 

 will probably increase in numbers. 



COLE TIT. 

 PARUS ATER, Linnaeus. 



Commoner than either of the two last named species. "Found 

 at Tongue " (Mr J. Crawford). 



This sj)ecies would appear to be rare in Caithness, as Mr 

 Osborne records that the first specimen and the second were 

 obtained a mile from Wick, subsequent to 1840. Thus it would 

 seem that there were no specimens in Dr Sinclair's collection. 



LONG-TAILED TIT. 



ACREDULA ROSEA {Blyth). 



Seems to be a known species in the east, as a trustworthy 

 informant, now living in Assynt, assured me he himself remembers 

 seeing them on various occasions round Dunrobin, sometimes in 

 pairs, but more frequently in small flocks, probably family parties. 

 Sir W. Jardine " considers that it does not reach nearlv so far 

 north as the Cole Titmouse," though Mr Dunbar describes it as 

 "nesting regularly in Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness." — (A. G. 

 More, in "Ibis," 1865, p. 121). 



PIED WAGTAIL. 



MO TAG ILL A LUGUBRIS, Temm. 

 Abundant. 



GREY WAGTAIL. 



MOTACILLA SULPHUREA, Bechstcin. 



Common. I knew of two pairs breeding close together on the 

 side of a mountain burn. Pennant states that at the time of his 

 visit in 17G0, the Grey Wagtail quitted the east of the county in 

 winter. At the present time, however, it is resident there all the 

 year, and, in proof of this, a correspondent sent me a specimen in 

 the Hesh, shot near Bonar, in December, 1809. 



Ols. Ray's Wagtail, MotaciUa rayi, Bonaparte. — Mr A. G. More 



