Strix passerina [The Little Owl].
I give this bird a place on the authority of a Mr. Wilson, who informs me he saw one in a wood near this place.
Muscicapa grisola [The Spotted Fly-Catcher].
It is somewhat strange, but not less strange than true, that this sylvan and garden-loving species should also be found nestling and inhabiting our wild and rocky ravines; yet such is the case. I have met with them twice.
Muscicapa atricapilla [The Pied Fly-Catcher].
I have a specimen of this bird, a male, in my possession, which was shot about thirteen miles from this place.
Cinclus aquaticus [The Dipper, or Water-Cockie].
Every means has been put in requisition to destroy this little bird. It was abundant thirty years ago; but it is now rarely to be seen. It was supposed to destroy the young salmon, hence it has been shot down wherever found. But I have never as yet found anything appertaining to fish in its stomach, and I have dissected about forty,—water insects and their larvæ being what I have most frequently observed.
Turdus viscivorus [The Missel Thrush].