144 BlKDS OF GLENCAIKX. 



Magpie {Pica neslica). 



Is practically extinct now in this district. Twenty years ago 

 they nested in the woods in Dardarroch every year. Like the 

 above, they also make very nice pets. 



Common Creeper {Certhia familiaris). 



Is by no means numerous, but a fair number can always be 

 .seen in the woods all the year round. 



Cuckoo {Cuculus cafwrus). 



Very plentiful in the hilly districts every spring-. A cuckoo's 

 egg- was found in a tree pipit's nest in the woods on Dardarroch a 

 few years since. It is strange how few young ones are seen, 

 although the old birds are so plentiful every nesting season. 



Night Jar or Goatsucker {Caprimulgm europoeus). 



A pair of these birds nest every summer in the neighbour- 

 hood, and occasionally one has been seen hovering, during the 

 long summer evenings, around the woods on Dardarroch, hawking 

 for moths and flies. 



Swift {Cypselus apus). 



Is by no means plentiful, but a few can be seen every 

 summer. 



Common Swallow {Hirundn n/stica). 



I do not suppose there is a farm steading in the county 

 where a pair of these swallows do not nest every summer. A 

 pair were seen as late as the 14th October, this \'ear. 



House Martin {Chelidon urbica). 



It seems to be getting nmch scarcer, and doubtless the 

 sparrow has a good deal to do with that, as they rob them of their 

 nests. 



Sand Martin {Chelidon riparia). 



Nests in many places along the banks of the river Cairn, and 

 also in several sand pits in the neighbourhood. 



Pied Wagtail {Motacilla yarrelii). 

 Is plentiful during the nesting season and autumn. Nests in 



