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as they seemed more common at tliat tim.e and in 

 Tvinter. 



Yelloav Hammer (Emheriza citrinella). Resident 

 but rare, a few pairs being seen through the breed- 

 ing season. I noticed no addition to their numbers 

 during the autumn or ^vinter. 



Fam. FrmgllUdce. 

 Chaffinch (Frtngilla Coelehs). Considering the 

 number of trees at Westness, it is not a Kttle 

 singular that this else^vhere extremely common 

 bird should only be a winter visitor here. The first 

 seen were on 22nd October, and were by no means 

 so tame as they generally are. After that they 

 gradually got more numerous, though never very 

 common. 



House Sparrow (Passer dornesticns). Very com- 

 mon, building in the ivy and in holes in the vi^alls. 



Greenfinch (Ligurimis chJoris). Rare, but breeds. 

 One nest taken in Westness garden out of a moun- 

 tain ash. There were two or three other jDairs of 

 these birds in the garden. Their numbers increased 

 in autumn, but more were seen in winter. 



Linnet (Linota cannahina). Very common in 

 winter, numbers coming into the garden to roost. 

 One shot on 8rd December had still some of the 

 pink feathers left in the breast. A few pairs bred 

 in the garden. I got two nests — one in May and 

 the other in June, and on each occasion the old 

 birds were well seen at the nests. 



Twite (Linota flavirostris). Very common and 

 resident. The first nests were taken on the 13th 

 of May, one of which was in some ivy. Three and 

 four are the usual number of eggs in a nest, though 

 they lay as many as six. The nest on the outside 

 is generally made of fine roots, and lined with hair, 

 wool, and feathers. On one occasion the nest was 

 so full of v/ool that the old bird, in flying out, 

 caught her foot in it and threw out two of the eggs. 



