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alder plantations ; it is also found breeding at Faldonside near 
Melrose, and is common at Jedburgh, Stobo, and Lauder, and 
on parts of the Kale Water. 
Sedge Warbler {Acrocephalus phragmitis). Not unfrequent 
at such places as the banks of the Tweed between Melrose and 
the mouth of the Yarrow, or of the latter river itself, as well as in 
small thickets on brooks. 
Grasshopper Warbler {Locustella ncBvia). Though it is 
stated in the 4ch edition of Yarrell's History of British Birds that 
this bird "seems to miss the border counties of Berwick and 
Roxburgh as well as Selkirk," it is in reality much more common 
in certain portions of the two first counties than in most parts of 
Britain. Not only has it occurred and nested in Berwickshire 
and as far down the valley of the Tweed as Berwick, but it is 
frequently met with during summer throughout the northern part 
of Northumberland and thence across the moors to Roxburgh- 
shire. On the rough heathery sides of the Cheviots, especially at 
an elevation of about 1500 feet, it is here and there plentiful, and 
may, no doubt, be found on the other hills of the neighbourhood. 
The nest is extremely hard to find upon these hills, where it can 
only be placed amongst the moss at the base of tall heather ; and 
this coupled with the fact that the note of the Sedge Warbler is 
usually mistaken for that of this bird — whence reports of its 
occurrence are often disbelieved — may, perhaps, account for its 
supposed rarity. 
Hedge Accentor {Acce?itor modularis). Common every- 
where and often found near solitary shepherds' houses far up the 
hills. 
Dipper {Cindus aquaticiis). Very common on all the streams 
flowing from the Cheviots, wherever there are suitable rocks or 
banks for the nest ; though not much seen on the larger rivers. 
Near Selkirk it is less plentiful, but towards the lower part of 
the Tweed it is very abundant on the tributary waters. A nest 
has been found in January, while the site is not uncommonly a 
hole in the ground instead of rocks. 
Long-tailed Tit (Acredula rosea). In the spring these birds 
are at times extremely common in the w^oods at Faldonside and 
the neighbourhood, as well as at Lauder and elsewhere. The 
nest does not seem to have been very often found, though in- 
stances have occurred at Duns and just across the Border. This 
