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  Genus 
  PHYLLOSCOPUS, 
  Bote. 
  

   [Phylloscopus 
  rufa, 
  Bechstein. 
  Chiff 
  Chaff. 
  

  

  " 
  Nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  genera 
  (Whitethroat 
  and 
  

   Willow 
  Wren), 
  but 
  less 
  common. 
  Though 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  got 
  

   a 
  dead 
  specimen 
  of 
  it 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  past, 
  Dr. 
  Adams 
  cannot 
  

   doubt 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  district." 
  (Adams's 
  Birds 
  of 
  

   B 
  anchor 
  y-Ter 
  nan, 
  p. 
  18.) 
  " 
  Mr. 
  Brown 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  occurs 
  

   along 
  the 
  Dee 
  in 
  his 
  neighbourhood 
  (Abergeldie 
  and 
  Micras), 
  

   but 
  is 
  very 
  rare. 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  individual 
  at 
  Corrymulzie." 
  

   (MacGillivray.) 
  " 
  Mr. 
  Angus 
  states 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  8th 
  of 
  May, 
  

   1865, 
  he 
  received 
  a 
  Chiff 
  Chaff, 
  very 
  much 
  destroyed 
  by 
  shot, 
  

   from 
  Birse, 
  Deeside, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  May 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  following, 
  

   he 
  observed 
  this 
  species 
  near 
  Aboyne 
  Castle. 
  He 
  noticed 
  it 
  

   again 
  in 
  June, 
  1867, 
  at 
  Wardhouse." 
  (Gray's 
  Birds, 
  p. 
  98.) 
  

  

  All 
  things 
  considered, 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  more 
  

   direct 
  light 
  requires 
  to 
  be 
  thrown 
  upon 
  this 
  species. 
  Cor- 
  

   roboratory 
  records 
  are 
  necessary 
  before 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  included, 
  

   without 
  doubt, 
  among 
  the 
  birds 
  that 
  frequent 
  " 
  Dee."] 
  

  

  Phylloscopus 
  trochilus, 
  Linn. 
  Willow 
  Warbler. 
  Willow 
  

   Wren. 
  " 
  Muffite." 
  " 
  Birrity." 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  summer 
  visitors 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   wherever 
  plantations 
  or 
  natural 
  thickets 
  exist. 
  Its 
  nest 
  is 
  

   usually 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  that 
  

   there 
  existed 
  a 
  run 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  under 
  the 
  grass 
  and 
  

   foggage 
  before 
  the 
  nest 
  is 
  reached. 
  Whether 
  this 
  run 
  is 
  

   formed 
  by 
  the 
  bird 
  or 
  the 
  disused 
  tunnelling 
  of 
  a 
  mouse 
  

   appropriated, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine. 
  

  

  Phylloscopus 
  sibilatrix, 
  Bechstein. 
  Wood 
  Warbler. 
  

  

  ["Mr. 
  Angus 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  in 
  Aberdeenshire 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  

   rare 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  never 
  seen 
  it 
  in 
  any 
  local 
  collection. 
  He 
  has, 
  

   however, 
  procured 
  several 
  specimens 
  himself 
  in 
  that 
  county 
  : 
  

   one 
  at 
  Fyvie 
  Castle 
  in 
  1862, 
  where 
  he 
  took 
  the 
  nest 
  and 
  eggs, 
  

   and 
  a 
  pair 
  which 
  he 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  May, 
  1866, 
  in 
  the 
  

   pleasure-grounds 
  at 
  Warthill 
  (Wartle). 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  observed 
  

   it 
  at 
  Fetteresso, 
  in 
  Glentana 
  Forest, 
  in 
  the 
  Den 
  of 
  Leggert 
  

  

  