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live entirely on insects ; but the stomachs of the only two others 
I have examined, contained each, in addition to such food, a few 
seeds of the common pine (Finns sylvestris ) : the latter specimens 
were shot in the month of January. Wilson, in his American Orni- 
thology, mentions his having found the seeds of the pine-tree (of 
course a different species from P. sylvestris) in the stomachs of 
individuals killed in the United States, and likewise “ fragments 
of a fungus that vegetates on old wood.” 
Like most other birds, this species is partial to building annu- 
ally about the same place. In holes of the yard-wall at Castle 
Warren, a pair built successively for the last five years. The 
female was killed one season within that period, when she had a 
nest. The first nest and eggs of this year (1 848) were taken 
away, and a short time afterwards, a second nest was erected in 
the wall about a foot higher up.* They were composed of dried 
grasses and lined with feathers. 
Mr. Macgillivray gives a very full and graphic description of 
the creeper. Brit. Birds, vol. iii. 
THE COMMON WHEN. 
Troglodytes Europaus, Cuv. 
Motacilla troglodytes, Linn. 
Sylvia „ Lath. 
Prevails throughout the island ; 
And though chiefly known as ah inhabitant of gardens, planta- 
tions and farm -yards, is found in summer and autumn far distant 
from such localities, in 'the wild heathy tracts both of the low- 
lands and mountain-tops. In similar places, it has been observed 
by a sporting friend, and subsequently^ myself, in a fine grouse 
district in Inverness-shire, where the vicinity even of the dwelling- 
house is unfrequented either by the robin or the sparrow. 
The nest is generally- composed of moss, and placed in hedges, 
*Mr. R. Warren, junr. 
