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£59 House Sparrow 

 b6o Tree Sparrow 

 661 American White- 

 throated Sparrow , 



62 Chaffinch 

 56$ Brambling ... 



64 Brown Linnet 

 £65 Lesser Redpole 

 £66 Mountain linnet or 

 Twite 



67 Bullfinch ... 

 £68 Parrot Crossbill 



69 Common Crossbill 

 £70 American White- 

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59. House Sparrow in Perth has greatly increased of late years ; 

 formerly absent from, or very rare in, the Highlands, it now abounds everywhere. 



60. Tree Sparrow found breeding near Stonehaven by myself, and 

 near Arbroath by A. N. Simpson, Esq. 



61. American White-throated Sparrow.— Mr Gray (Bds. W. 

 Scot., p. 132), alludes to an example of this American species having been 

 shot by Alex. Mitchell, on the 17th August, 1867, on the Links at Aberdeen 

 (Zool.. 2nd Sen, p. 1847-49.) 



63. Brambling". — Rev. T. Bell suspects this bird may sometimes breed 

 in Aberdeen. 



65. Lesser Redpole. — Not reported from Kincardine, but probably 

 found. 



66. Mountain Linnet or Twite reported from Aberdeen by Mr. 

 G. Sim and Rev. T. Bell as breeding there. In Perth it breeds in Rannoch 

 {fide J. A. Harvie Brown, in lit.) Appears, in winter only, in large flocks on 

 the braes of the Carse of Gowrie. 



68. Parrot Crossbill. — (1880) Several of these birds were seen and shot 

 by Mr. Millais at Murthly, where they were supposed to be breeding. One of 

 these, a female, he kindly presented to the Museum of the P. S. N. S. , Tay St . , Perth. 



69. Common Crossbill breeds on Deeside (fide J. A. H. B. , in lit), and 

 in Athole. In 1838 it appeared in large quantities in the Carse of Gowrie, many 

 remaininguntilthefollowingyear; 1838 was remarkable for the super-abundance 

 of spruce cones, which doubtless attracted them — (Scot. Nat., vol. iv. p. 97.) 



70. American White- winged Crossbill. — A small flock of seven 



or eight was noticed by myself in the Kinfauns woods, about 1872. This is 

 not the first notice of these birds having been seen in Scotland, as it is men- 

 tioned by Mr. Gray that a specimen was shot at Jedburgh in Feb., 1841 ; 

 and Mr. Thomas Edward records a large flock as having been seen near the 

 town of Banff in 1859.— (Bds. W. Scot., p. 156.) 



