CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



KITE.— (Nestling.) 

 Case 307. 



Tho nost of the Kite is a caj'ioiis colleetion of 

 rubbish, llcmnauts of old flannel garments, scrajis 

 of paper, sheep's wool, and horse hair, being used 

 to line a cradle composed ol dead twigs of fir and 

 other trees. 



The young bird (just hatched) and the eggs, 

 together with the nest, were obtained in iloss-shire, 

 in 1877. 



NORTHERN WILLOW WREN. 



Case 308. 



This bird, which closely resembles " Gaetkes 

 AVarbler," is said, by scientific Naturalists who 

 have examined it, to be the form of Willow Wren 

 that is usually found in the Arctic circle. 



I shot the bird, my attention being drawn by its 

 curious note, near Brighton, in April, 1876. 



RING GUILLEMOT.— (Winter.) 



Case 309. 



The Ring Guillemot is not unfrequently met with 

 in the English Channel during Winter and early 

 Spring. 



The specimen was shot off Brighton in 1877. 



GOOSANDER.— (Young.) 



Case 310. 



During the Summer of 1878 I met with several 



bnjods of Goosanders in various jjarts of the 



Nortliern Highlands. 



The S2)ecimens were shot near Inverness in 

 July, 1878. 



