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The Song Thrush (Turdus musicus). 
Generally distributed. Near Girvan it resorts, during the 
autumn months, to the sea-shore, frequenting pasture lands in the 
immediate vicinity, and feeding on a small species of helix con¬ 
spicuously plentiful at that season. It breeds upon Ailsa Craig, 
where its song may be heard strangely in contrast to the other 
sounds of various quality to be heard on that lonely rock. 
The Redwing (Turdus iliacus). 
A winter visitant, appearing about the same time as the Field¬ 
fare, and associating with it in its shore haunts. 
The Blackbird (Turdus merula). 
Abundant. Between Girvan and Ballantrae numbers of these 
birds may be seen, after the breeding time is past, frequenting the 
beach, and seeking refuge on hot days below the rocky boulders. 
We have ejected as many as fifteen and eighteen blackbirds from 
underneath one rock. This species is found on Ailsa Craig, where 
it breeds. Dr Anderson found a nest with five eggs built in one 
of the turret holes of the old castle a few years ago. 
The Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus). 
A very common species on many of the wildest moorland tracts 
of Ayrshire, but much less common in Wigtownshire, as far as our 
own observations enable us to judge. Mr Anderson has observed 
it frequenting his garden at Girvan late in autumn. This species 
migrates southward as winter approaches. Mr M‘Donald, one of 
the keepers at the Mull of Galloway lighthouse, captures an occa¬ 
sional specimen on the lantern about the time the flocks are 
quitting Scotland. 
SYLVIDJE. 
The Hedge Accentor (Accentor modularis). 
The confiding Shufflewing is everywhere known. It lives upon 
Ailsa Craig, among the kittiwakes and guillemots, and jerks 
about among the rugged stones as contentedly as if in the near 
neighbourhood of a stack yard. 
The Redbreast (Erytliaca rubecula). 
Abundant. A fine specimen with a pure white head was shot 
