68 The Zoologist — February, 1866. 



tame : at last it flew to some woods across the rirer, where I could not 

 follow. These two instances of the appearance of the groat gray shrike 

 in this parish are the only two I know of, although many of the 

 country people seem to know the "butcher bird" perfectly by name. 



Spotted Flycatcher. — "Very abundant. It arrives here much earlier 

 than any of the other migratory birds. 



Dipper. — Local name, the " water crow." Very common along the 

 water-side. I have found as many as three nests containing eggs in 

 one day. One pair of dippers rear their young almost every season 

 under the arch of a bridge which spans the river close to our house ; 

 its nest is placed in a hole at least a yard into the masonry. The 

 local anglers here have a great aversion to the " water crow," as they 

 believe that it destroys the trout ova, and accordingly they destroy in 

 turn every nest and eggs they come to ; and this is not as regards the 

 dipper alone, for they treat the nest and eggs of the common sand- 

 piper in the same barbarous fashion. It is of no use attempting to 

 prove to them that they are wrong, for they will only shake their heads 

 and say, " May be, may be," and destroy, perhaps purely from habit, 

 the next nest they come to. 



Missel Thrush. — Called here, in common with the fieldfare, the 

 "field-flyer" or " feltiflyer." 



Fieldfare. — Arrives here about the end of October in large flocks, 

 and some seasons remain as late as the middle and end of April. 



Soiig Thrush. — Local name, " mavis." 



Redwing, Blackbird, Rohiti. 



Redstart. — Local name, " redtail." Arrives in different seasons, 

 according to my notes from the 20lh of April to the 20lh of May. 



Hedyesparrow. — Local name. " blue sparrow." 



Stonechat. — Local name, " stone chacker." Not so common as the 

 whin chat. 



Whiiichat. 



Wheatear. — Common, but local, frequenting large stony fields and 

 moors. 



Sedye Warbler. — Sometimes called the " Scotch nightingale." Very 

 abundant. I once took eighteen nests in one day from a piece of 

 marshy ground, over-grown with alder-bushes and bramble, which does 

 not cover more than four acres. 



Blackcap. — Also called " Scotch nightingale." Not very common, 

 but breeds regularly. 



Whitethroal. 



