506 Birds. 



turn, a weed which must have been very destructive to corn fields un- 

 der the old system of husbandry : while the " Gordon," as well as the 

 neighbouring Highland clans, no doubt paid a visit to " the bonny 

 land of Moray, where," it is said that of old, " every man might take 

 his prey." 



Missel thrush, Turdus viscivorus. Often mistaken for the common 

 thrush, and on that account deemed less common than it really is. 

 " Breeds every season at Grant-lodge &c," Mr. Foljambe. 



Fieldfare, " Feltifer," T. pilaris. In Mudie's ■ Feathered Tribes ' 

 Moray is justly particularized as a favorite winter haunt of this bird. 

 Before the frosts set in it keeps to the open fields, and after that they 

 eagerly seek the fruit of the mountain-ash and hawthorn. 



Common thrush, " Mavis," T. musicus. Abundant wherever there 

 is any plantation or natural brush- wood, and resident throughout the 

 year. 



Red-wing, T. iliacus. A winter visitant, often mistaken for the 

 preceding. " Seen at Grant-lodge in 1839," Mr. Foljambe. 



Blackbird, T. Merula. 



Ring-ouzel, T. torquatus. A regular summer visitor, but only seen 

 sparingly dispersed over the range of hills immediately above the cul- 

 tivated districts, where it remains and breeds. 



Hedge-sparrow, " Wren," Accentor modularise Common, resident. 



" Robin Redbreast," Sylvia Ruhecula. 



Redstart, S. Phanicurus. An interesting addition made to our 

 Fauna by Mr. Foljambe, who observed it remaining throughout the 

 summers of 1834, 5, and 8, at Grant-lodge, near Elgin, where it an- 

 nually brought out its young. It is not known to have been met with 

 elsewhere in Scotland north of the Grampians. Dumfriesshire has 

 been recorded as a locality for it, and this is not the only species said 

 to be confined in Scotland to the counties of Elgin and Dumfries. 



Sedge-warbler, S. Phragmitis. Not uncommon during summer in 

 marshy and sedgy grounds, where it continues its song throughout 

 the whole nights of Midsummer. 



Blackcap warbler, S. atricapilla. " Frequents Grant-lodge ; bred 

 there in 1838," Mr. Foljambe. 



Greater petty chaps, S. hortensis. " Seen at Grant-lodge," Mr. 

 Foljambe. 



White throat, S. cinerea. " Met with in summer," Mr. Martin. 



Lesser whitethroat, S. Curruca. " Frequents whins in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Elgin," Mr. Foljambe. 



