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feet from the ground, on the 14th June. On the 17th it con- 

 tained four long-shaped eggs. ... On the 28th the young 

 were hatched, that is allowing 11 days for incubation. . 

 On July 8th the birds flew after 10 days' nutrition." 



Of the Common Whitethroat it is said that " they are pretty 

 frequently seen here, and breed down at the burn. . . . They 

 breed pretty early here, as I found three of them newly flown on 

 26th June, 1843." 



The Redbreast " is quite common here all the year round. . . . 

 It may be seen singing on the top of a stob or any exposed place 

 during a heavy fall of snow, or hopping about and twittering 

 with its wings flapping its sides. ... I have heard the robin 

 sinking as it flew from bush to bush." 



The Reed- Warbler is entered in the complete list with a mark 

 of interrogation. It does not appear to rest upon his own 

 observation, and its insertion is a mistake in any case. 



The Lesser Pettychaps or Chiff-Chaff is " heard first about the 

 middle of April, and rarely after the beginning of September. 



. . . It is one of our rarest summer visitants." One would 

 have liked something fuller regarding the occurrence of the 

 Chiff-Chaff, and it is a little disappointing that Dr. Grieve's 

 acquaintance with the Willow-wren was limited to his having 

 seen it " several successive years here, generally about the 

 beginning of August." Has the Willow-wren become so 

 abundant since 1845 ? 



Of the Gold-crest, our author writes — " While out walking 

 among the shrubbery at Millburn, before breakfast, on the 29 th 

 September, 1844, I fell in with this beautiful little songster. I 

 had never seen it here previously, and willingly followed it from 

 bush to bush till I had obtained several near sights of it, and 

 was convinced that it was a veritable Gold-crested Wren. The 

 song was very low, but broke out loud at the end, terminating 

 very like that of the Chaffinch. . . ." A good description ! 



The Wren "is to be seen almost everywhere. . . ." 



Of the Whinchat — " I have occasionally met with this bird 

 among the whin bushes around the sand quarry." ["M'llquhani's," 

 according to the notes of an address, ante, p. 182], "on the other side 

 of the Burn. . . . It is very common about Dunoon and 

 Rothesay. ... It arrives here about the end of April, and 

 is seldom seen after September." 



