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p. 356). There is a record of its breeding in one instance in 

 Carnarvonshire (loc. cit. 1893, p. 395)] . 



Phylloscopus rufus. — Vide supra. 



P. trochilus. — Abundant, and singing all day the full song. 

 In Oxon they were singing chiefly in the early morning when 

 I left. I found it very abundant in north-west Salop in May, 

 1888, and saw many in the birches and alders on the edge of 

 Whixhall Moss. 



P. sibilatrix.— Abundant, especially in the oak-woods. Mr. 

 Rawlings records it as plentiful. Not in Pembrokeshire, or 

 extremely rare there (Mr. Mathew). 



Accentor modularis. — Only once seen by my companion. 



Cinclus aquaticus. — On a tributary stream. 



Acredula rosea. — A family party. 



Parus major ; P. palustris. 



P. ater britannicus. — The commonest Titmouse. 



Troglodytes parvulus. — Seen in the wildest places. 



Motacilla lugubris. 



Anthus pratensis. — Common. Found high up on the face of 

 the hills and among the ling and rough grass at the top. 



A. trivialis. — Common; extended some way up the sides of 

 the hills. 



Muscicapa atricapilla. — Apparently common. I saw two males, 

 a pair, and two females. Here, as elsewhere, they take most of 

 their food on the ground. But they occasionally take a fly on 

 the wing, and sometimes among the branches of the tree they are 

 perched upon. The song to me has generally a resemblance to that 

 of the Whinchat, but is rather clearer and more sprightly ; this 

 is sometimes preceded by several notes, about four of them, some- 

 what like a Coal Tit's " if-he." Sometimes the song contains two 

 or three notes a little like those in the first part of the Reed 

 Bunting's chant; but these also are more sprightly and clear. 

 The alarm-note of the female is a loud, full, and hard " chip," 

 repeated continuously at a moderate pace. Captain Swainson 

 remarks upon the similarity of some notes in the song to the 

 spring note of the Coal Tit (Zool. 1892, p. 423). 



Hirundo rustica. — Not very many. Seen some way up the 

 hillsides. 



Chelidon urbica. — A few seen about the rocky parts. 



Cotile riparia. — Fairly common. Apparently breeds on the 



