304 PRACTICAL ORNITHOLOGY. 



By hedges and walls, or among thickets of gorse : 



35. The Common Wren. Troglod}i;es em'opseus. Common. 



36. Stone-chat. Saxicola Rubicola. Very rare. 



In or by the brooks and ditches are occasionally seen, 



37. The Dipper. Cinclus europ^eus. Uncommon. 



38. Common Gallinule. Gallinula Chloropus. Not rare. 



39. Woodcock. Scolopax Rusticola. Rare. 



40. Snipe. Scolopax Gallinago. Common. 



41. Jack Snipe. Scolopax Gallinula. Very rare. 



42. Water Rail. Rallus aquaticus. Extremely rare. 



43. Common Heron. Ardea cinerea. Not common. 



44. Kingsfisher. Alcedo Ispida. Very rare. 



On Duddingston Loch, besides several of the above, are 

 frequently found, 



45. The Coot. Fulica atra. 



46. Golden Eye. Clangula chrysophthalma. 



47. Mallard. Anas Boschas. 



48. Tufted Pochard. Fuligula cristata. 



Frequently in the plains near Corstorphine, and in the fields 

 about Granton, are observed large flocks of 



49. The Golden Plover. Charadrius Pluvialis. 



50. Lapwing. Vanellus cristatus. 



51. Common Gull. Larus canus. 



52. Black-headed Gull. Larus ridibundus. 



Along the shore from Queensferry to Musselburgh may be 

 seen, besides the Common and Black-headed Gulls, 



53. The Great Black-backed Gull. Larus marinus. 



54. Herring Gull. Larus argentatus. 



55. Redshank. Totanus Calidris. 



56. Purre. Tringa variabilis. 



57. Knot. Tringa cinerea. 



58. Ringed Plover. Charadrius Hiaticula. 



59. Turnstone. Strepsilas Interpres. 



