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1 903, above railway at Carmyle, where it was heard singing by 

 Mr. Robert Wilson. 



The Sedge- Warbler (Acrocephalus phragmiiis (Bechstein) ) 

 occurs in the willows and hedges that fringe the stream and 

 its banks. 



The Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor modularis (Linn.)) is conspicuous 

 on the upper reaches. 



The Dipper (Cinclus aquaticus, Bechstein) I have not seen 

 much below Kenmuir, and I have missed it for a season or two. 

 Seen by Mr. Wilson, however, in February, 1902. 



The Long-tailed Titmouse (Acredula rosea (Blyth)) I have not 

 seen in the district, but it nested, I was informed by Mr. 

 Harkness, Cambuslang, in 1890 in Kenmuir Bank, and in a 

 recent winter, till the New Year, small parties were regularly 

 observed by Mr. Wilson above Carmyle. 



The Great Tit (Parus major, Linn.) is common in the 

 sylvan part, and the Coal-Titmouse {P. ater, Linn.) fairly 

 common, according to Mr. Wilson, at Kenmuir in the autumn. 



Of the Marsh Titmouse {P. pahistris, Linn.), one was shot 

 36th September, 1898, Mr. Wilson tells me. 



The Blue Titmouse (P. cceruleus, Linn.) is pretty common. 



Like other sylvan species, the Wren {Troglodytes parvulus, 

 Koch) is common in the upper reaches. 



The Tree-Creeper {Cerihia familiaris, Linn.) I first formed 

 acquaintance with in this district. This was above Carmyle, 

 exactly in the place that Hugh Macdonald suggested that it 

 might be successfully looked for, but, curious to say, I have only 

 seen it in this district on the occasion referred to. 



The Pied Wagtail {Motacilla lugubris, Temminck) is common 

 at all seasons. Mr. Gray has a note on the fact of this bird 

 migrating southwards in autumn — "Immense numbers of Pied 

 Wagtails are in this way observed travelling down the River 

 Clyde at Glasgow. In September and October I have seen as 

 many as three or four hundred assembled on the timber rafts 

 floating between the two principal bridges spanning the river in 

 the heart of the city" {Bij-ds of the West of Scotland, p. 110). 



The White Wagtail {31. alba, Linn.) was not known to 

 occur in the Clyde area until I discovered it on the 14th of 

 April, 1895, at Farme, and all local ornithologists are now well 



