﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  85 
  

  

  was 
  so, 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  and 
  blown, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  quite 
  

   fresh. 
  This 
  would 
  point 
  to 
  their 
  being 
  eggs 
  for 
  a 
  second 
  

   brood. 
  Can 
  such 
  be 
  really 
  the 
  case 
  ? 
  

  

  Parus 
  palustris, 
  Linn. 
  Marsh 
  Titmouse. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  affirmed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  More, 
  in 
  his 
  paper 
  in 
  the 
  

   Ibis, 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  breeds 
  in 
  Aberdeenshire. 
  Mr. 
  Murray, 
  

   Town 
  and 
  County 
  Bank, 
  Newburgh, 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  on 
  

   22nd 
  October, 
  1871, 
  he 
  saw 
  in 
  his 
  garden 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  

   bird. 
  It 
  was 
  so 
  close 
  to 
  him 
  that 
  shooting 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   question, 
  but 
  being 
  so 
  near, 
  he 
  had 
  every 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   satisfying 
  himself 
  of 
  the 
  bird's 
  identity. 
  Again, 
  on 
  17th 
  

   February, 
  1896, 
  I 
  received 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim, 
  

   Fyvie, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  inform 
  you 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  

   the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  seeing 
  the 
  Marsh 
  Tit 
  on 
  the 
  2nd 
  of 
  February. 
  

   . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  I 
  only 
  saw 
  one 
  bird, 
  and 
  it 
  kept 
  feeding 
  by 
  itself, 
  

   although 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  Tits 
  were 
  busy 
  feeding 
  

   round 
  about." 
  

  

  Parus 
  caeruleus, 
  Linn. 
  Blue 
  Titmouse. 
  " 
  Blue 
  Bonnet." 
  

  

  This 
  pretty 
  and 
  sprightly 
  little 
  bird 
  is 
  abundant, 
  fre- 
  

   quenting 
  woods, 
  plantations, 
  orchards, 
  and 
  gardens, 
  selecting 
  

   for 
  its 
  nesting-place 
  any 
  hole 
  it 
  may 
  find 
  in 
  tree 
  or 
  bush. 
  

   Like 
  its 
  larger 
  relative, 
  P. 
  major, 
  the 
  Blue 
  Bonnet 
  is 
  looked 
  

   upon 
  by 
  gardeners 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  worst 
  enemies, 
  but 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  former, 
  the 
  charge 
  is 
  unfounded, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  

   exaggerated. 
  

  

  Family 
  TROGLODYTIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  TROGLODYTES, 
  Vieillot. 
  

  

  Troglodytes 
  parvulus, 
  Koch. 
  Common 
  Wren. 
  

   "Jenny 
  Wren." 
  

  

  This 
  familiar 
  little 
  bird 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  almost 
  everywhere 
  — 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  brake 
  in 
  the 
  sombre 
  solitary 
  glen, 
  among 
  the 
  

   whins 
  on 
  the 
  open 
  trackless 
  moor, 
  in 
  the 
  hedges 
  around 
  

   the 
  cottage 
  garden, 
  and 
  away 
  far 
  up 
  the 
  hill 
  -sides 
  among 
  

   the 
  loose 
  stones 
  that 
  lie 
  scattered 
  there. 
  " 
  Jenny 
  Wren 
  " 
  is 
  

   to 
  be 
  seen 
  when 
  few 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  bird-life 
  are 
  visible. 
  

  

  