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negatived by Captain Macdonald's description of tlie lower 

 parts.^ 



Certhia familiaris. — Eesident at Skeabost, where I bave 

 repeatedly seen the Tree creeper, and probably of general 

 distribution. Mr Dumville Lees has also met with it. 



Troglodytes parvulus. — Eesident, and pretty numerous. 

 The hars upon the flanks and back are darker and more 

 pronounced in Skye wrens than in wrens from southern 

 Britain. The bill and feet of the Skye birds appear to be 

 a trifle stronger than in English specimens, but the difference 

 is very slight. 



Motacilla htguhris. — Summer visitant, nesting sporadically 

 in cultivated districts. 



Motacilla melanope. — Summer visitant, but not nume- 

 rous. A brood were reared near Hamar in 1885. Mr T. 

 Eobertson has observed the Grey Wagtail at Greshornish in 

 winter. 



Anthus pratensis. — Summer visitant : the commonest small 

 bird on the hillside in the nesting season. 



Anthus ohscicrus. — Eesident, nesting on the Skinidin and 

 Colbost islands, and also at Miloveig and Hamar. In the 

 winter of 1883-84 a charming Eock Pipit constantly haunted 

 our precincts at Hamar, flitting about the outhouses with the 

 fearlessness of a Eobin, and even venturing on to the 

 window sills. 



Ampelis garrulus. — Casual visitant. Mr E. Gray states 

 that several were shot in Skye in 1850, but does not give the 

 exact locality. 



Musicapa grisola. — Summer visitant, nesting at Greshor- 

 nish, Hamar, and elsewhere ; decidedly increasing. 



Hirundo omstica. — Summer visitant, appearing at the 

 beginning of May, but whether it breeds with us I cannot 

 say, though I obsei*ve it every year. 



Chelidon urlica. — Summer visitant, according to Mr E. 

 Gray, who adds that it is common. I cannot say positively 

 that I have seen it. 



Carduelis elegans. — Irregular visitant in autumn to the 



1 The Nuthatch is a most charming cage-bird. One of my specimens be- 

 came delightfully familiar, thankfully accepting house flies from my fingers. 



