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  but 
  it 
  exactly 
  answered 
  to 
  the 
  description 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Mac- 
  

   Gillivray's 
  Manual, 
  as 
  also 
  to 
  a 
  drawing 
  I 
  had 
  of 
  Sibilatrix 
  

   locustella." 
  (S. 
  Burnett, 
  Scottish 
  Naturalist, 
  1871, 
  p. 
  84.) 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  have 
  twice 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  

   June 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  extreme 
  rarity 
  in 
  this 
  district, 
  as 
  its 
  

   most 
  remarkable 
  note 
  would 
  always 
  indicate 
  its 
  presence." 
  

   (S. 
  Burnett's 
  MS.) 
  

  

  Sub-Family 
  A 
  CCENTOBINJE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ACCENTOR, 
  Bechstein. 
  

  

  Accentor 
  modularis, 
  Linn. 
  Hedge-Sparrow. 
  " 
  Dannock." 
  

  

  " 
  Dannack." 
  

  

  Resident 
  and 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  district. 
  

   Nowhere 
  in 
  my 
  wanderings, 
  except 
  on 
  high 
  mountain 
  ranges, 
  

   have 
  I 
  failed 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  Hedge- 
  Sparrow 
  common, 
  alike 
  in 
  

   scrubby 
  waste 
  land 
  and 
  about 
  garden 
  and 
  field 
  hedgerows. 
  

  

  Family 
  CINCLID^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CINCLUS, 
  Bechstein. 
  

  

  Cinclus 
  aquaticus, 
  Bechstein. 
  Dipper. 
  "Water 
  Crow." 
  

   " 
  Ess-Cock." 
  

  

  This 
  pretty 
  and 
  much 
  persecuted 
  bird 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  

   banks 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  throughout 
  " 
  Dee," 
  especially 
  

   on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  unfrequented 
  reaches 
  of 
  the 
  Don, 
  where 
  they 
  

   may 
  be 
  in 
  numbers 
  and 
  where 
  their 
  movements 
  may 
  be 
  

   watched 
  for 
  hours 
  together. 
  From 
  such 
  observations, 
  and 
  

   from 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  a 
  

   very 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Dippers, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  asserted 
  that 
  the 
  

   charge 
  brought 
  against 
  these 
  inoffensive 
  creatures, 
  namely, 
  

   that 
  of 
  eating 
  the 
  spawn 
  of 
  fish, 
  is 
  quite 
  unfounded. 
  Indeed, 
  

   it 
  may 
  with 
  perfect 
  confidence 
  be 
  said 
  that, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  

   labours 
  of 
  the 
  Dipper, 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  our 
  streams 
  would 
  be 
  less 
  

   abundant 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  ; 
  for, 
  unquestionably, 
  its 
  food 
  consists 
  

   to 
  no 
  inconsiderable 
  extent 
  of 
  insects 
  that 
  prey 
  upon 
  the 
  ova 
  

   and 
  young 
  both 
  of 
  salmon 
  and 
  trout. 
  

  

  