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lawn in front of the house, or in the trees about.. 

 The Blackbird feeds until very late in the evenings 

 almost invariably chattering when he flies up to 

 roost at night. On stormy nights they get into the 

 closest part of some thick fir-trees, where they are 

 not too high. 



Ring Ouzel (Meriila torquata). Only once seen 

 about the end of April, ^vhen I observed a pair in 

 some low rocks on a hill-side. 



Fam. Sylviadce. 



Hedge Sparrow (Accentor inoclularis). Probably 

 occurs more often than is suj^posed. I shot a speci- 

 men in the Westness garden on 5th December. 



Robin (Erythacus ruhecida). Connnon and resident. 

 I could not observe that their numbers increased or 

 diminished throughout the season. 



Wheatear (Saxicolct oenantlie). Very connnon from 

 early sjiring until late autunni. They are very partial 

 to the stony beaches hereabouts, j)erhaps attracted 

 by the numbers of flies bred in the tangle cast up 

 by the sea. 



Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenohcenus)^ 

 There were about three pairs of these Warblers in 

 the Westness garden, where they doubtless breeds 

 though I did not find a nest myself. They kept 

 mostly to some nurseries of young willows, and 

 w^ere to be heard constantly until July set in. They 

 seemed quite indifferent to the presence of water. 



GoLDCREST (Refjulufi cristatus). Occurs in both 

 spring and autumn, and I noticed that they were 

 shyer here than this confiding little bird generally 

 is. There were few, if any, to be seen in the 

 garden during the Avinter. 



Fam. Troglodytidcr. 



Wren (Trof/Iodjjfes pcirvidus). Resident and not 



rare : breeding in the garden in the same situations 



as in England. One nest was placed in an elder 



tree about twelve feet from the ground: it, how- 



