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the English counties of the Welsh border, and is recorded as having occasionally done so in 
North Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Oxford, Wilts, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Surrey, and 
Norfolk.” Mr. C. Bygrave Wharton also says (Ibis, 1865, p. 234) that a nest with three eggs 
was taken about the year 1836 near Willesden. 
In Scotland, Mr. Robert Gray says (B. of W. of Scotl. p. 69), ‘in the eastern and midland 
counties it is not improbable that this Flycatcher will yet be found in limited numbers. It has 
not up to this time been traced further west than Stirlingshire, in which county, as I have been 
informed by Mr. Brown, three examples at least have been met with. It has likewise been 
taken twice in Aberdeenshire, in 1845 and 1849; and Mr. Thomas Edward has sent me word of 
its occurrence also in Banffshire. The late James Wilson mentions the species in his ‘ Voyage 
Round Scotland,’ a specimen killed in Caithness having been seen by him in the collection of 
the late Mr. Sinclair, of Wick. In addition to these instances, Dr. Smith, of Edinburgh, has 
kindly informed me that a male bird of this species was shot by Mr. Stevenson in a garden near 
Dunse, in the first week of June 1855, and that another male was seen in the same place in 
June the following year. My friend, Mr. W. Sinclair, whose drawings embellish this volume, 
has also informed me that he saw one in May 1867, in a garden in Dunbar, where he watched it 
for some time. I have also the gratification of recording the fact of the Pied Flycatcher breeding 
in Inverness-shire—Mr. E. 8. Hargitt, of London, having obligingly sent me word that he has in 
his collection the eggs taken near Drumnadrochit, in that county, in 1864. 
“ Regarding the occurrence of this species in Aberdeenshire, Mr. Angus has been kind 
enough to send me the following particulars:—‘ This beautiful species rarely occurs with us. 
A specimen in the Aberdeen Museum was shot at Hazel Head, in May 1842, by Mr. Mitchell, 
who informed me that he saw another in a cherry-tree at Arthur’s Seat. A male was obtained at 
Brucklay Castle in May 1849.’ To these Aberdeenshire records I may add the occurrence of a 
pair, male and female, near Peterhead, previous to 1835, in which year Mr. Arbuthnot, the 
founder of the Peterhead Museum, where the specimens are still preserved, furnished a list of 
local birds for publication by the compiler of the statistical account of the parish. 
“The Stirlingshire specimens already alluded to were observed by Mr. Peter Allan, bird- 
stuffer, Stirling, who watched a pair at Ballochlean on the 18th of June, 1867, and by 
Mr. Thompson, Dunmore, who shot a specimen on the Dunmore estate ten years ago. 
“ Regarding its occurrence in Orkney, Messrs. Baikie and Heddle write as follows :—‘ Often 
seen in summer. Several were seen in Sandy in October 1809. A small flock appeared at 
Elsness on 12th May, 1822, after a gale of north-east wind. One was shot in Sandy, 15th May, 
1839. Two killed near Kirkwall in 1844 are now in the Kirkwall Museum.’ ” 
In Ireland it does not appear to have occurred; nor does it range as far north as Iceland or 
Greenland. It has occurred on the Frroes; and, according to Captain Feilden, Miiller records 
a single flock making its appearance in May 1846. One was shot and sent to the Museum at 
Copenhagen. 
In Norway it breeds in numbers in the lowlands up to Salten; and Mr. Collett found several 
pairs nesting near Tromsé in 69° 40' N. lat. North of the Arctic circle it is rarer, but occurs in 
Lapland; on the fell-sides it frequently ranges up into the birch region, as, for instance, on the 
Dovre. In Sweden, according to Nilsson, it is a tolerably common summer visitant, and makes 
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