CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 107 



BLACK CAP. 

 Case 114. 



The Black Cap arrives in the spring, passes the 

 summer in our plantations and gardens, and leaves in 

 the autumn, soon after its young are sufficiently strong 

 to provide for themselves. 



It has been stated that a few remain through the 

 winter in the western part of the island ; but I have 

 never met with any at that season. 



The song of this bird is but little inferior to that of 

 the Nightingale. 



The specimens, both old and young, were obtained 

 at Portslade, near Brighton, in June, 1874. 



WOODWREN. 

 Case 115. 



The Woodwren is another summer visitor. I have 

 noticed this bird as being particularly numerous in the 

 wildest glens of Perthshire, Eoss-shire, and Caithness. 



When observed in the south, in the neighbourhood 

 of Brighton, it appears to have a partiality for high 

 trees, especially beech ; the fine old timber in Stanraer 

 Park being one of the favourite haunts of this bird. 

 In the north, however, it is forced to put up with the 

 stunted birch and fir that alone appear to thrive in the 

 rocky glens it frequents. The nest is placed on the 

 ground, generally, at no great distance from the roots 

 of a tree. 



The specimens were obtained in Glenlyon, in Perth- 

 shire, in June, 1867. 



