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had been discovered, and the manuscript bears a pencil jotting in 

 the margin to this effect. 



The Song-Thrush is '• very numerous here. . . ." "It 

 generally begins to sing about the end of January (January 27), 

 and continues on to the end of July (July 27), sometimes even 

 to the 10th or 12th of August." 



The Redwing 'arrives here with the Fieldfares, about the 

 middle of October, and remains to the middle of March." 



The Blackbird " commences to sing about the beginning or 

 middle of February, and continues on to the end of July or 

 beginning of August — (February 17 — July 27, August 10). . ." 



The nicety of Dr. Grieve's observation is well illustrated in his 

 description of the economy of the Spotted Flycatcher, regarding 

 the identity of which he had had for some time a little difficulty, 

 but, as he says, " the spotted appearance of the young bird can 

 hardly be mistaken," which is a good point. A pair built for 

 two successive years at Mill burn " in one of our walled pear 

 trees," and our author states further '■ I have found it among 

 some of the pine woods in Bute. . . . It has a low, sweet song, 

 which it generally utters on the extremity of a small spray, where 

 it sits perched looking for flies, and then pouncing on them as they 

 fly past. ... I have generally heard it first about the 

 beginning or middle of May, and seldom seen it after the middle 

 of September. . . . They were seen first this year (1844) 

 on May 24th, and not after September 19th. One of the young 

 ones had three toes of the left foot wanting. . . . On 29th 

 June. 1843, there were 4 eggs laid in the nest, one daily on the 

 three preceeding days, and the nest occupied two days in building. 

 July 12, has sat 12 days. July 21, young 10 days old — so that 

 incubation lasted only about 1 2 days. . . On the 24th they 



flew." 



The Sedge- Warbler "is sometimes met with at the Mill dam 

 on the Town Mills' Road. . . ." 



The Garden- Warbler ' arrives here about the end of April, 

 though is seldom heard here before the middle of IMay, and leaves 

 in August. I have heard it here on the first week of September. 

 I saw the bird here first on 5th of July, 1843, but, 

 after a careful search, could not fall in with its nest. Next 

 year, however, I found the nest in a currant bush about four 



