VI. 



WASTE GROUND AND SUBURBAN 

 BIRD-LIFE: 



A GLASGOW STUDY.— II. 



By John Paterson. 



(Paper read 4th December, iSpj.) 



On three previous occasions I have communicated to the Society 

 notes on the bird-life of a comparatively limited area within the 

 city's boundaries as presently defined. The results of the first 

 and second reports on the ornis of the district have been recorded 

 in the first volume of the Annals of the Society (pages 1 18-127), 

 and the purpose of the present paper is to bring my observations 

 to a point, the third report being included with the present notes. 



The boundaries, as first defined, are now extended on the west 

 to include Camphill Grounds, which have been added to Queen's 

 Park, and the city boundary on the south-east is now followed so 

 as to embrace Mount Florida. As published, the list included 

 forty-nine species ; it now extends to sixty-nine. 



Coming now to the additions to the previous list, the redstart 

 {Ruticilla phcenicurus) has occurred on migration both in spring 

 and autumn. I observed it at Hangingshaw in April of this year 

 (1895), and during the past two autumns I have seen it about the 

 camp in Camphill from the last days of July until the beginning 

 of September. The golden-crested wren {Regulus cristatus) may 

 be seen occasionally in autumn and winter in the Park. It is a 

 familiar little creature, and will allow an observer to approach 

 within a yard or two. The wood-wren (Pkylloscopus sibilatrix) 

 occurs, I believe, in autumn in the company of the spotted 

 fly-catcher, but there may be some confusion here with the yellow 

 young of the willow-wren. 



The tree-creeper (Cerl/n'a familiaris) was observed in the Park 

 last April by Mr. H. B. Watt. 



