TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



Natural Pistnrg SatidD ai (Slasgoto- 



List of Birds observed on eight several visits to Loch 

 Roagr, Outer Hebrides, in the months of June 

 and July, from 1886 to 1902. 



By David Bruce. 



[Read 30th September, 1902.] 



Ticrdics musicus, Linnaeus. — Song Thrush. Common. The 

 pre-eminent song-bird of the Lewis, where birds of the Passerine 

 order are few, owing to the entire absence of hedges and shrubbery. 



T. merula, L. — Blackbird. Common in the woods around 

 Stornoway Castle, otherwheres scarce. 



Saxicola oenanthe, L. — Wheatear. Very plentiful. 



Pratincola rubicola, L. — Stonechat. Observed a pair in the 

 whins near Stornoway. 



Erithacus rubecula, L.— Redbreast. Common around Storno- 

 way Castle, otherwheres scarce. 



Phylloscopus trochilus, L. — "Willow- Wren. Only observed at 

 Stornoway Castle. 



Accentor modularis, L.— Hedge-Sparrow. Common. 



Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. — Wren. Common. 



Motacilla luguhris. Temminck. — Pied Wagtail. Only ob- 

 served a few times. 



Anthus pratensis, L. — Meadow-Pipit. Common. 



A. obscurus, Lathan.— Rock-Pipit. Very common around the 

 rocky shores. 



