2642 Birds. 



birds I saw here on the coast, particularly young birds, were not the 

 young of our pied wagtail, from their uniform slate-gray heads, backs 

 and rumps ; our pied wagtail having the top of the head and rump 

 nearly black at all ages. 1 am now convinced that a few young ones 

 of the continental white wagtail appear on our coast in the months 

 of September and October. 



Gray Wagtail. Common in winter : some few pairs remain and 

 breed with us. 



Ray's Wagtail. Tolerably common in small flocks, at the latter 

 end of August and September, frequenting pasture-fields where cattle 

 are grazing. I have oftentimes wondered how they avoided being 

 trodden on by the cattle. Good old specimens are very scarce. 



Tree Pipit. Common. I am doubtful whether this bird remains 

 during the winter. 



Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Skylark and Woodlark. Common all 

 the year. 



Snow Bunting. Scarce, but often obtained in a severe winter. 



Common Bunting, Yellow Bunting and Black-headed Bunting. 

 Plentiful all the year round. 



Chaffinch. Very common. 



Mountain Finch. Very common some winters, feeding in flocks 

 with chaffinches, in farm-yards, and in woods on the beech-mast or 

 nuts. 



House Sparrow, Greenfinch and Goldfinch. Common throughout 

 the year. 



Siskin. Taken occasionally in autumn, feeding on the seeds of the 

 birch and alder. 



Common Linnet. Common. 



Lesser Redpole. Rare, although a few frequent the mountainous 



part of the county. 



James Tracy. 

 Pembroke, October 4, 1849. 



(To be continued). 



Birds and Birds' Nests in Aberdeenshire. By Mr. Thomas Edward. 



[I have oftener than once made mention in the ' Zoologist' (Zool. 

 1700, 1910) of Mr. Thomas Edward, shoemaker, in Banff, who is a 

 zealous admirer of Nature and an excellent preserver of animals. 



