BIRDS. 
Ill 
Observed by Harvie-Browii at Barrogill, Dunbeath, and 
Langwell ; still rare in the north ; common in the south- 
east. Mr. Eeid has seen the species in the town of Wick. 
34. Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.). Wood-Wren. 
Summer visitant ; fairly common in the south-east district. 
This warbler was first observed by us in the summer of 
1875 at Glenrossal, near Eosehall. The following year one 
was reported as having been heard at Kildonan in May 
1876 (aud. Lord Clifton, Zoologist, 1876, p. 5122). In 
1877 we heard many in the Dunrobin grounds, and ob- 
served one at Kintradwell also, but this seemingly sudden 
increase is more likely due to the want of competent 
observers in previoias years than to the absence of the birds 
themselves. Not known further west than Lairg and Alt- 
naharrow. Of this we feel pretty certain up to date of going 
to press, but we shall be surprised if it do not become a 
summer visitant to the suitable woods at Loch Inver ; 
indeed, we think we once saw it there, but only once, in 
1881. In 1885 the nest and eggs were taken in Dunrobin 
Glen by our friend Mr. George Lawson, and were seen by 
Harvie-Brown in the same season, at Mr. Lawson's house 
in Golspie. 
Not recorded as occurring in Caithness by Mr. Osborne, 
though it has a place in Shearer and Osborne's List ; but as 
the willow wren is not included in the latter, it is probable 
that there was a mistake in the species. Harvie-Brown 
however, identified it at Dunbeath in June 1885. 
Sub-family AGBOCEPHALIN^. 
35. Hypolais ioterina (Fieill.). Icterine Warbler. 
36. /Edon galactodes (Tenwi.). Rufous Warbler. 
37. Acrocephalus streperus (VieilL). Reed Warbler. 
38. Acrocephalus palustris {Bechst.). Marsh Warbler. 
39. Acrocephalus arundinaceus (L.). Great Reed Warbler. 
