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30. Redbreast. Erithacus rubecula (Lin.). — I don't think that 

 in any place is this species numerous, though common enough 

 in most places. It is fairly common all along the East coast. 



31. Hedge Sparrow. Accentor modularis (Lin.). — About as 

 common as the Robin ; the only nest I ever took contained three 



32. Great Titmouse. Parus major, Lin. — I have never seen this 

 species myself, not having had the opportunity of closely examining 

 the vicinity of Dunrobin, which is the most likely locality. 



33. Cole Tit. Parus ater, Lin. — The commonest Tit in the 

 breeding season. I got two sets of eggs from one nest in 1878; the 

 first, of six eggs, on the 6th of May, and the second, of seven eggs, on 

 the 13th of the same month ; the nest was in a small hole in the 

 ground, and was lined with rabbit's fur almost entirely. 



34. Long-tailed Tit. Acredula caudata (Lin.). — Very common in 

 the winter, and no doubt breeds also. Both this and the Cole Tit 

 go about in small flocks in the winter, and seem to be much more 

 abundant then than at other times. 



35. Pied Wagtail. Motacilla lugiibris,Temm. — Fairly common in 

 the breeding season, but scarce, if not altogether absent, in the 

 winter ; it appears about the time of seed-sowing. * 



36. Gray Wagtail. Motacilla sulphured, Bechst. — Common in 

 the breeding season, and seems to nest at, or near, the same spot 

 year after year. Appears to leave in the winter, or is then, at least, 

 very rare. 



37. Meadow Pipit. Anthus pratensis (Lin.). — Very common, 

 and more so even in the breeding season than in the winter. 



38. Tree Pipit. Anthus trivialis (Lin.). — Two pairs bred at 

 Glenrossal, in 1875, and I procured one nest. There may have 

 been more about Rosehall, as the bit of wood in which I found 

 these two pairs was very small, f 



39. Rock Pipit. Anthus obscurus (Lath.). — Common along the 



* Hence the names " Seed Lady," used in Peeblesshire, and " Seed-bird," in 

 Berwickshire. I have a considerable list of local names of birds, collected from 

 all parts of Scotland, and would be glad to add to their number. I have also 

 collected their local Gaelic names, but this list must necessarily be imperfect. — 

 J. A. H.-B. 



+ Rosehall at present appears to be the limit of the extension of many species 

 towards the West. At Inchnadamph, up to 1879, I had only met with one 

 Tree Pipit — see my first paper in our Proc. vol. ii., part i., p. 93. — J. A. H.-B. 



