1890-91.] 



The Andromeda Family. 



4S7 



Stonechat, Saxicola ruUcola (uncom- 

 mon). 

 Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra. 

 Wheatear, Saxicola cenanthe. 

 Blackcap warbler, Sylvia atricapilla 



(scarce). 

 Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schceno- 



bcenus. 

 Garden warbler, Sylvia salicaria. 

 Wood warbler, Phylloscopussibilatrix. 

 Vv hitetliroat, Sylvia rufa. 

 Willow warbler, Phylloscopiis troch- 



ilus. 

 Chiff-chaff, Phylloscopus coUybita 



(very scarce). 

 Wren, Troglodytes parvulus. 

 Goldcrest, Rtgulus cristatits. 

 Wood pigeon, Columba pah.imbus. 

 Capercailzie, Tetrao urorjallus. 

 Common pheasant, Phasianus colchi- 



ciis. 

 Piebald pheasant (var. ) { 



Bohemian pheasant (var.) I 



Reeves's pheasant,PAa.SM«Ms Beevesii. I 

 Black grouse, Tetrao tetrix. \ 



Red grouse, Lagopus scoticus. | 



Ptarmigan, Lagopus muiiis. 

 Partridge, Perdix cinerea. 

 Woodcock, Scolojiax rmticvla. 

 Snipe, Gallinago cwlestis. 

 Land- rail, Crex pratensis. 

 Golden plover, Charadiius pluviaiis. 

 Peewit, Vanellm vulgaris. 

 Curlew, ISfiimeiiius arquaia. 

 I Heron, Ardea cinerea. 

 Common sandpiper. Tetanus hypoUu- 

 cits. 



Ringed plover, JEgilitis hiaticula 



(scarce). 

 Redshank, Totanus calidris. 

 Widgeon, Mareca pend(ypt. 

 Mallard, Anas boschas. 

 Teal, Anas crecca. 

 Tufted duck, Fuligula cristata (very 



scarce). 

 Water-hen, Gallinula chloropus. 

 Coot, FxUica atra. 



Black-headed gull. Lams ridibundus. 

 Common gull, Larus canus. 

 Kittiwake, Pissa tridactyla. 

 Herring gull, Larus argentatus. 



Mention has been avoided of the various geese, ducks, gulls divers and 

 other maritmie species that may have been occa;ionally driven inlaJdW 

 Btress of weather, as those can hardly be accounted even partial resfdents ^ 



IX.~THE ANDROMEDA FAMILY. 



By Mr HUGH FRASER. 



{Read March 25, 1S91.) 



Belonging to the Natural Order Ericacea?, and consequently 

 allied to the heaths, arbutus, kalmias, rhododendrons, and 

 many other families of interesting trees and shrubs, the 

 Andromedas exhibit a rare combination of those qualities 

 which are most desirable in hardy flowering-shrubs. The 

 neat and for the most part dwarf bushy habits of growth, 

 elegant foHage, and showy flowers of the various species have 

 long been appreciated, and have secured for them prominent 

 positions in most collections of peat-soil shrubs. The various 



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