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Gareulus glandarius (L.) ; Jay; Scriachag choille (" wood 

 screamer"). — Not common. There are generally, however, 

 one or two nests found every year. 



Pica CAUDATA(Flem.); Magpie; Pioghaid ("parti-coloured"). 

 - — Eare, owing to continued persecution. 



CoRVUS CORAX (L.) ; Eaven; Fitheach ("deer-eater"). — 

 Eare. One pair still breeds on Ben Ledi, and another on a 

 rock in the immediate vicinity. 



CoRVUS CORONE and cornix (L.) ; Carrion and Hooded 

 Crows ; Fionnag. — In the last edition of Yarrell these 

 birds are described as being one and the same species. With 

 us both are common, and breed, but I have never heard of a 

 single instance of their inter-breeding. 



CoRVUS FRUGILEGUS (L.) ; Eook ; Bocas. — Tolerably common 

 in spite of a great portion of the only rookery having been 

 " partly blown or partly cut " down within the last two years, 

 which has caused the mass of the birds to migrate to another 

 parish. Prior to this disaster, the extent of the rookery was 

 about 24 acres, and the number of nests from two to three 

 hundred. They first appeared in the parish about sixty or 

 seventy years ago. 



CoRVUS MONEDULA (L.) ; Jackdaw ; Cathag (" little quarrel- 

 some one "). — Extremely common. 



Sturnus vulgaris (L.) ; Starling ; Druid. — Very common, 

 but last year hardly so plentiful as in the preceding one. I 

 have been told that thirty or forty years ago this bird was 

 rarely, if ever, seen. 



Fringilla Calebs (L.); Chaffinch; Breican-heithe ("speckled 

 birch frequenter"). — Plentiful, and on the increase. 



Fringilla montifringilla (L.) ; Brambling. — Eare. 



Fringilla carduelis (L.) ; Goldfinch. — Very rare, owing 

 to it being continually persecuted by birdcatchers. 



Passer domesticus (L.) ; House Sparrow ; Gealhhan. — 

 Abundant. 



Chlorospria chloris (L.); Greenfinch; Geal-haine. — Pretty 

 common. 



Pyrrhula rubicilla (Pall.) ; Bullfinch ; Lasair-choille 

 (" woodflame "). — Common in all suitable localities, and on 

 the increase. 



