102 BIRDS. 



record it as having bred in Orkney : in the first instance in 

 the garden of Mr. Traill of Wood wick, about the year 

 1830. 



In the second case Mr. Kanken's father said that he only 

 once saw its nest in his garden. The nest was attached be- 

 neath the branch of a sycamore, but he failed to find it until 

 after the young had evidently been hatched and flown. We 

 may add that a sycamore is not a usual tree for this bird to 

 nest in. 



Regulus ignicapillus (G. L. Brehm.). Fire-crested Wren. 



[Obs. Mr. Moodie-Heddle informs us that this species has 

 occurred several times along with the preceding, after gales. 

 This, however, requires further confirmation.] 



Phylloscopus collybita (Fieill.). Chiffchaff. 



[Obs. Baikie and Heddle say that the Chiffchaff occasionally visits 

 Orkney in summer, but is not known to breed. 



Gray says that in a MS. note in Baikie and Heddle's work 

 there is mention of the occurrence of a single specimen in 

 Orkney in 1850. 



Seeing how scarce, if not entirely absent, this species is in 

 the northern counties of Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, we 

 prefer to include it in brackets until we have further and more 

 accurate information of its occurrence in our district.] 



Phylloscopus trochilus (L.). Willow Wren. 



Common as this warbler is throughout the north of Scotland, it 

 seemed, from the accounts we received, to be quite rare in 

 Orkney. 



Mr. W. Reid says he has shot it, and Mr. Cowan adds that 

 it is an occasional visitant. Mr. Irvine-Fortescue heard and 

 saw it on one occasion at Swanbister, on May 14th, 1887, and 

 adds that this is the only occasion on which he did so. 



