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The Scottish Naturalist. 
Ythan ; Little Water of Gight ; Burn of Kelly ; and other small 
streams. 
Long-tailed Titmouse. (Acredula caudata.) A large flock 
seen at the Braes of Gight on the 3rd of September, 1890. 
Great Titmouse. {Pams major.) Scarce. 
Coal Titmouse. (Parus ater.) Found in small numbers in 
the fiir woods. 
Blue Titmouse. (Parus coeruleus.) Common. 
Wren. {TTO(jlodyU& imrvulm.) Abundant. 
Tree Creeper. (Certhia famiUaris.) Seldom seen. 
Pied Wagtail. {Motacilla luguhrU.) A few pairs scattered 
over the district in the breeding season. Seen in flocks 
migrating in spring and autumn. 
Grey Wagtail. (Motacilla mdanope.) A pair seen at Upper 
Mill Pond in September, 1890. 
Meadow Pipit. (Anthus 2^ratensis.) Common. 
{Spotted Flycatcher. {Muscicapa grisola.) Not uncommon 
in summer, A pair nested at the Kennels, Haddo House, in 
June, 1890. 
Pied Flycatcher. {Muocicapa atricapilla.) A male was seen 
at Wardford Wood, on the banks of the Ythan, in the parish 
of Methlick, on the 13th of May, 1890. 
Swallow. {Hirundo rustica.) Very plentiful. 
Martin. [Chelidon urbica.) Numerous. 
Sand Martin. {Cotile riparia.) Rather scarce. 
Greenfinch. {Ligurinus chloris.) Abundant. 
Sparrow. (Passer domesticus.) Very numerous. 
Chaffinch. (FringUla coelehs.) Plentiful. 
Brambling. (Fringilla moniifr 'mgilla.) Seen in small flocks 
amongst Chaffinches in winter. 
Linnet. (Linota cannabina.) Very plentiful. 
Bullfinch. (Pyrrhula europcea.) Found in considerable num- 
bers at Gight, and in the woods near Haddo House. 
Crossbill. (Loxia curvirostra.) Frequents the pine woods 
about Haddo House in great flocks in winter and spring. A 
pair were seen at Gight on the ist of May, 1890. It doubt- 
