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THE BIRDS OF lONA AND MULL. 



At the beginning of the winter we had a great number of 

 Fieldfares about the hilly sheep pastures. This is quite an 

 unusual bird here. I never saw it here before. Is the Fieldfare 



known to breed in this country ? 



Last spring a youthful com- »t,^^' '^LB^ j^tow. a- SomoM- 



panion of mine was visiting some friends a few miles from here, 

 and was invited to look at a nest in the garden belonging to an 

 unknown bird. He went, and at once recognised a pair of Field- 

 fares. I examined and cross-questioned my young friend on the 



