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Cinclus aq^uaticus. — Eesident, nesting on all our burns 

 from March to July inclusive, descending to the sea shore in 

 winter. Skye birds are readily distinguished from my 

 Cumberland specimens, by their paler crowns and necks; the 

 chestnut of their breasts is also paler than in English birds. 



Saxicola oenanthe. — Summer visitant, arriving at the end of 

 March to nestle in all our glens. Wonderfully numerous at 

 Waternish, especially when the first broods are fledged to- 

 wards the end of June. Skye wheatears are small, and an 

 average old male only measured 5*3 inches; a bird in the 

 buff-spotted nest dress, which I shot off a cart, being a trifle 

 smaller. Mr 0. V. Aplin writes that of his series of six 

 Sussex and Oxon skins, only one is under 6 inches, the 

 largest measuring 6 '7. 



Pratincola rubetra. — Summer visitant, but local; very 

 numerous at Skeabost. 



Pratincola ruhicola. — Summer visitant ; thinly distributed 

 over our moorlands. In November 1883, 1 saw an old male 

 when snow was lying, but the majority retire before winter. 



Erithacus ruhecula. — Eesident, and often to be seen by the 

 roadside, though not nearly so numerous as in England. 



Sylvia mfa. — Summer visitant, nesting on the banks of 

 wooded burns, but rather scarce in North Skye. 



Sylvia nisoria. — Accidental visitant ; detected by the 

 vigilance of Mr Dumville Lees, who writes to me that he shot 

 an immature bird about a mile from Broadford, August 16th, 

 1884 In answer to my earlier inquiries, Mr Lees replied in 

 the Field, 1st November 1884: — "We were out after rabbits 

 when I saw a bird quite unknown to me ; it was flying from 

 a small bush up a gully." The specimen was identified by 

 Mr H. E. Dresser, having been previously recorded as an 

 Orpheus Warbler. It is new to the Avifauna of Scotland ; 

 and Mr Lees' example is the second obtained in Great 

 Britain, two others having been shot a few days later, one on 

 the Yorkshire coast on 28th August, and the fourth falling 

 to the gun of Mr E. D. Power, at Cley, Norfolk, 4th Septem- 

 ber 1884. 



Begulus cristatus. — Eesident in the larger woodlands, but 

 not very numerous. 



