108 BIRDS. 



Motacilla viridis, Gmel. Grey-headed Wagtail. 



A bird of this species was shot by Mr. Gilmour, the light-keeper 

 of the Pentland Skerries, on May 19, 1888, and the legs and 

 wings sent to Harvie-Brown for identification. Mr. Gilmour 

 described it as a wagtail with a blue head, a little white on the 

 chin, and bright yellow underneath. The wind was south-east 

 at the time, and the weather hazy. Another was seen at the 

 same place and by the same person, on May 3, 1889, the wind 

 and weather also being the same. 



Anthus pratensis (.). Meadow Pipit, 

 Ore. = Teeting. 



It seems strange that Low should mention this species as common, 

 and leave out the Rock Pipit entirely from his list ; he seems, 

 however, to have confused the two species, as he asserts that 

 the Meadow Pipit comes to the shore in the winter, and retires 

 to the hills in summer to breed. 



We found the Titlark less common, perhaps, in Orkney than 

 in other parts of Scotland, though fairly numerous in the 

 South Isles, and it is resident. 



Salmon mentions the Titlark in his Diary (1831) as occurring 

 in Sanday, but says nothing about the Rock Pipit, which is 

 generally abundant, so perhaps he confounded the two species. 

 We saw no Meadow Pipits there in 1888, though we observed 

 them in the south end of Stronsay. 



Mr. Monteith-Ogilvy informs us that in 1889 he found 

 this species numerous in Papa Westray : we saw none there, 

 nor in Westray, in 1888. 



Anthus trivialis (L.). Tree Pipit. 



We are indebted to Mr. T. W. Ranken for the only notice we have 

 of this bird in Orkney. He writes as follows : 



" This bird I have seen in the garden here on more than one 

 occasion, sitting on the topmost branch of the taller sycamores, 

 ascending every few minutes to a height of about thirty feet, 



