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Blackcap {Sylvia atricapilla). 

 George Muirhead, Esq., Paxton, procured a nest of the 

 blackcap and the two old birds in June 1867 in the game 

 covert near Drumbuie, and they are now in his collection. 



Sedge Warbler {Acrocephalus schcenobcemis). 



In favourable years the marsh alongside of Urquhart Bay 

 is tenanted by great numbers of these birds, a few stragglers 

 also penetrating among the thick undergrowth of the game 

 covert which runs inland to Drumnadrochit. Unlike many 

 other small birds the sedge warbler sings at all hours of the 

 day, although as a rule the mornings and evenings are the 

 times when it is heard to best advantage. It is marvel- 

 lous how such a small body can be capable of producing the 

 volume of sound that it emits, but I fancy that in this respect 

 it is excelled by the common wren, whose loud chattering 

 would do credit to a bird six times its size. 



Garden Warbler (Sylvia salicaria). 

 Not very numerous. 



Whitethroat {Sylvia mifa). 



Distributed equally wherever tangled masses of shrubs 

 and bushes are found. 



Willow Warbler {Phijlloscoipus trochilus). 



Most numerous of all the warblers, and about the Abriachan 

 woods and in all low^er parts of the Glen they absolutely 

 swarm after the nesting season is over, the greater proportion 

 of course at that time being young birds. 



Wren {Troglodytes pccrv^dtcs). 



Several of these birds are always visible more or less in 

 the Divach Glen, in the fir plantation surrounding the parish 

 church, and along the road running by the side of Loch JSTess 

 to Invermoriston. This Invermoriston road is part of the 

 higliway to Fort Augustus from Inverness, and, passing as it 

 does through some of tlie richest woods of the whole district, 



