136 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



LocuSTELLA NitviA (Grasshoppcr- Warbler), — On 8th May at 

 Skerryvore, one, and another at the Fair Isle, 29th (pp. 

 80, 8'i). 



Accentor modularis (Hedge-Sparrow). — At Edinburgh sings on 

 2 1 St January, builds 31st March, lays 7th April, young hatched 

 23rd. Still in nest, 6th August. "Any quantity" at Spiggie 

 anterior to loth April, and mentioned in Mr. Clarke's Fair Isle 

 paper (p. 82) on account of the numbers appearing on several 

 occasions in April, especially the 9th, when hundreds were 

 observed in all parts of the island. 



CiNCLUS AQUATicus (Dipper). — 26th February, N.W. Mull, visits 

 old nest. i6th March, Caldwell, nest and four eggs; 14th 

 April, Caldwell, five eggs taken from a nest which on 30th 

 had again five eggs. On 20th May young were nearly full 

 grown. On 22nd August began singing in ^lull, same date 

 as last year. 



AcREDULA ROSEA (Long-tailed Titmouse). — 23rd March, Perthshire 

 building ; 7th April, Waulkmill Glen (Glasgow), nest almost 

 completed; 15th April, has eggs in Perthshire; 15th May, 

 on Inch-marnock, a nest with two holes, at each of which 

 young were being fed by their parents simultaneously. 



Parus major (Great Titmouse). — At Edinburgh, sings loth 

 January ; pairing, 1 7th March. 



P. PALUSTRis (Marsh-Titmouse). — 7th April, one at Darnley Glen 

 (Glasgow); 21st August, one or two near Alford, Aberdeen- 

 shire (p. 49) ; I St November, one at Giffnock (Glasgow). 



P. C.ERULEUS (Blue Titmouse). — At Edinburgh, sings 17th January. 



Troglodytes parvulus (Wren). — In song, Glasgow, 3rd March ; 

 Mull, still in song, 21st August. 



Certhia familiaris (Tree-Creeper). — In song, Kirkliston, 14th 

 March ; eggs highly incubated, Lake of Monteith, i6th May. 



MoTACiLLA borealis (Grey-headed Wagtail). — In fair numbers in 

 latter part of May and early June at the Fair Isle, and noticed 

 again in September (p. 78). 



M. LUGUBRis (Pied Wagtail). — In Mull one at least wintered, and 

 two arrived in full plumage ist March. Singing at Possil 

 (Glasgow) on 3rd; reappears at Beattock, 21st; one late in March 

 and two in the end of May at Fair Isle (p. 7 8) ; nest and three 

 eggs, I St May, Largo ; laying at Kirkliston, 30th April ; seen at 

 Pentland Skerries on 7th May (2) and 9th (2 or 3); 29th 

 August, six at Swordale in passage; nth September to ist 

 October in passage at Isle of May; two, 28th September, and 

 two, 6th October, at the Bell Rock. 



