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a third nest ; so they returned to the list, where they reared 

 their brood in safety. The Missel Thricsh, almost tlie earliest 

 songster, is common. On one occasion I saw a pair of these 

 birds attack a hen that was passing near their nest. It was 

 only this season that the Song Thritsh appeared in anything like 

 the numbers in which it was found previously to the severe 

 winter of 1879-1880. The Blackbird is plentiful, too plentiful, 

 we think, during the fruit season. The Eing Ouzel is found on 

 all the hills building its nest, which is very like the blackbird's, 

 amongst the heather, in the ivy which clings to some of the rocks, 

 or in juniper bushes. The Hedge Sparroto, whose nest, owing 

 probably to the beautiful colour of the eggs, is robbed so often 

 by boys, is common. That bird, which is a general favourite, in 

 spite of its pugnacity, the Robin, is very common. No other 

 bird becomes so familiar with our dwellings. Some time ago one 

 began to come into our house, by and bye getting to spend tlie 

 whole day indoors, entering in the morning before there was 

 much light, and remaining until quite dusk, never, however, 

 overnight. During the cheese-making season its headquarters 

 were in the dairy, when it fed on the curd. When the supply 

 failed there, it betook itself to the kitchen, clearing up the 

 crumbs from the table and floor after meals, or baking opera- 

 tions. Its favourite pecch was the edge of a pan which hung 

 from the ceiling, where it sat and sang for hours daily. Any 

 noise in the house, particularly tlie scrubbing of the floor, never 

 failed to set robin a-singing. On washing day it was sure to be 

 found in the midst of the hubbub, walking about amongst tlie 

 tubs and people quite at home, and singing all the time — some- 

 times in a low, sweet strain scarcely audible, at other times quite 

 loudly. It never seemed at ease when one of the male sex 

 approached. Suddenly it disappeared, to our sorrow, probably 

 having fallen a prey to a cat, the end to which more pet birds 

 than that robin have come. The Redstart, Whinchat, and 

 Wheatear are all common. There is rather a remarkable 

 Redstart's egg on the table, having a few spots at the 

 larger end. The nest of the Wheatear is very difficult to find, 

 partly oil account of the prevalence of stone dykes, which form 

 their favourite nesting site. Occasionally they take to a rabbit 

 hole. Both the Whitethroat and Garden Warbler are numerous, 

 particularly the former. A pair of Blackcap Warblers nested in 

 1883 and 1884 in one of our wooded glens, but last year they 



