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also in June 1901 on three occasions, but do not think that 

 a pair remained to breed. 



Redstart. Ruticilla phcenicurus. 



Three pairs nested in the summer of 1896, and since then a 

 few have bred every year, but I have never found more than 

 three nests, although many more pairs occurred. Curiously 

 enough, the site chosen was generally in a hole under a large 

 stone on the ground ; apparently there were much better 

 sites available. The positions chosen seemed more suited to 

 Wheatears than Redstarts*. 



Golden-crested Wren. Regulus cristatus. 



Fairly plentiful in the fir-woods on the south of the 

 island. One pair bred for three years in the same spruce- 

 tree, within two or three feet of the old nest. Greatly 

 increased numbers were observed in the late autumn. On 

 December 18th, 1899, there were between two and three 

 hundred in some rough heathery banks on the outskirts of a 

 wood, the most I ever saw there together. Apparently they 

 had only just arrived ; they were extremely tame, letting me 

 walk to within a yard or two of them. 



Willow-Wren. Phylloscopus trockilus. 



One of the commonest migrants, and a great many remain 

 to breed. In the beginning of June 1901 a pair built in a 

 large fuchsia- bush six feet six inches from the ground, this 

 being the only instance which I have come across of a nest 

 in such a place. There were excellent sites in the banks, &c, 

 close by, where there were several nests placed in ordinary 

 situations. 



Sedge- Warbler. Acrocephalus pliragmitis. 



A rare visitor. The only occasion on which I found the 

 nest on the island, placed in some thick bushes by the side 

 of a loch, was in June 1899. 



Hedge-Sparrow. Accentor modularis. 



Scattered over most parts of the island. Resident. 



* [We have found the nest of this species among grass on the 

 ground. — Edd.] 



