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Parus britannicus (Sh. and Dr.); Cole Titmouse. — 

 Common, especially in autumn, at which season it assembles 

 in tolerably large flocks. 



Parus palustris (L.) ; Marsh Titmouse. — Not common by 

 any means, though I shot one or Loch Lubnaig side in May 

 1877. 



AcREDULA ROSEA (Blythe) ; Long-tailed Titmouse. — Toler- 

 ably common. 



MOTACILLA YARRELLI (Gould) ; Pied Wagtail ; Breac 'n sil 

 ("speckled one of the seed"). — Common; breeds. 



BUDYTES BOARULA (Penn.) ; Grey Wagtail. — Common; more 

 so, indeed, I think, than the preceding. 



Anthus pratensis (L.) ; Meadow Pipit. — Very common. 



Anthus arboreus (Bechst.) ; Tree Pipit. — Pare ; one shot 

 in 1876. 



TuRDUS VISCIVORUS (L.) ; Missel Thrush; Liath-truisg 

 (" grey bird "). — Very common throughout the year. 



TuRDUS PILARIS (L.) ; Fieldfare. — Common from the end 

 of October to the beginning of April, sometimes not leaving 

 us until the middle of that month. 



TuRDUS MUSicus (L.) ; Song Thrush; Smeorach. — Very 

 abundant. The literal translation is the end of an arrow 

 next the bow-string — perhaps from the shape of the tail, or 

 from the feathers being used for arrows. 



TuRDUS ILIACUS (L.) ; Eedwing. — Tolerably common, but 

 not nearly so much so as the fieldfare. 



TuRDUS MERULA (L.) ; Blackbird ; Lon-dubh (" black impu- 

 dent thing "). — Extremely common. Earely pied specimens 

 occur. 



TuRDUS TORQUATUS (L.) ; Eing Ouzel. — Pare; one last 

 found in 1874. 



CiNCLUS AQUATicus (Bechst.) ; Dipper ; Gohh-uisge {" water 

 smith "). — Common, though much persecuted by gamekeepers 

 and others, who imagine that they are great enemies of fish 

 spawn. 



MusciCAPA GRisoLA (L.); Spotted Flycatcher. — Not common. 



Ampelis garrula (L.); Waxwing. — Very rare. Some seen 

 about 1840; another observed by myself on December 29, 

 1878. 



