Index to Scottish Birds volumes 1-20 by Keith Naylor Part 4: Passerines

PERCHING BIRDS Passeriformes
LARKS Alaudidae
SHORT NOTES
11: 25 Calandra Lark on Fair Isle
16: 43 Shore Larks nesting in Scotland in 1977

SWALLOWS AND MARTINS Hirundinidae
PAPERS
10: 221-229 Status and breeding biology of Swallows in Banffshire (D. B. McGinn).
14: 33-38 The distribution and abundance of Sand Martins breeding in central Scotland (G. Jones).
19: 141-144 Breeding biology of Swallows in Easter Ross (D. P. Butterfield & A. D. K. Ramsay).
SHORT NOTES
5: 175 Sand Martin colony under railway platform
6: 336 House Martins nesting at Golden Eagles eyrie
7: 260 Red-rumped Swallows in Shetland
8: 325 A cause of decline in farmyard House Martin colonies
10: 22, 239 Leucistic Swallows
15: 45 Black-headed Gulls as predators of breeding Sand Martins
17: 236 Sparrowhawk exploiting a Sand Martin colony
17: 237 A successful artificial Sand Martin banking
PHOTOS
Sand Martin 14: 36; 17: 216
Swallow 10: 19 (4)

PIPITS Motacillidae
SHORT NOTES
1: 43 Albino pipit on the Isle of May
1: 97 Rock pipit in Kinross
1: 239 Albino Meadow Pipit in Benbecula
2: 100 Red-throated Pipit at St Kilda
2: 250 Yellow-browed Warbler and Tawny Pipit in Lewis
4: 100 Scandinavian Rock Pipits in Scotland in spring
4: 377 Red-throated Pipits in Shetland in spring
4: 507 Richard's Pipit in Shetland
5: 176 Meadow Pipit display
6: 50 Water Pipits in Scotland
6: 338 Tawny Pipit in Shetland
6: 448 Water Pipit in Ayrshire
7: 263 Pechora Pipit on Fair Isle
9: 126 Rock Pipits rearing young Robin
LETTERS
16: 225 Richard's Pipits on Stronsay
PHOTOS
Tawny Pipit 7: 136
Pechora Pipit 10: 114 (12b)
Meadow Pipit 13: 118 (18b)
Rock Pipit 13: 118 (18a)

WAGTAILS Motacillidae
PAPERS
7: 302-306 Breeding distribution of Grey Wagtails, Dippers and Common Sandpipers on the Midlothian Esk (C. N. L. Cowper).
SHORT NOTES
1: 19 Grey Wagtail breeding in Lewis
1: 127 Unusual Flava Wagtail in Fife
2: 101 Food of Pied Wagtail
5: 398 Pied Wagtails feeding on floating hay bales
6: 176 Black-headed Wagtail in Shetland
6: 215 Black-headed Wagtail at Fair Isle
7: 316 Citrine Wagtail at Inverness
13: 115 Unusual roost-site of Pied Wagtails
13: 229 Pied Wagtails roosting in birch tree
15: 136 Male-biased sex ratio in Pied Wagtails wintering in Highland Region
PHOTOS
Grey Wagtail 6: 262

WAXWINGS AND ALLIES Bombycillidae
PAPERS
1: 102-106 The Invasion of Waxwings, December 1958 (A. T. Macmillan).
1: 241-251 The Invasion of Waxwings in Scotland in October and November 1959 (A. T. Macmillan).
2: 85-89 The Waxwing invasion of November 1961 (A. T. Macmillan).
3: 180-194 The Waxwing invasion of October and November 1963 (A. T. Macmillan).
4: 534-548 Waxwings in Scotland, 1965/66 and 1966/67 (M. J. Everett).
6: 420-438 Waxwings in Scotland, 1970/71 (I. H. J. Lyster).
SHORT NOTES
9: 350 Waxwings drinking birch sap
16: 221 Waxwings actively searching for insects
18: 250 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
19: 127 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
19: 127 Waxwings feeding on Cowberries
PHOTOS
Waxwing 4: 560, 561; 14: 115, 295; 18: 250

DIPPERS Cinclidae
PAPERS
7: 302-306 Breeding distribution of Grey Wagtails, Dippers and Common Sandpipers on the Midlothian Esk (C. N. L. Cowper).
SHORT NOTES
1: 336 Black-bellied Dipper in Angus
4: 450 Dippers diving in icebound loch
9: 268 Dipper removing lining from used nest
10: 180 Polygamy in the Dipper
13: 117 Unusual Dipper nest site
13: 230 Dipper covering eggs
13: 268 Dipper with one leg
14: 49 Dipper feeding on fish carrion
16: 40 Merlin killing and retrieving a Dipper from a loch
LETTERS
4: 523 Dippers diving in icebound loch
PHOTOS
Dipper 10: 179 (20)

WRENS Trogodyltidae
SHORT NOTES
5: 291 Blackbird and Wren brooding Blackbird chicks
5: 391 Shetland Wren in Aberdeenshire
13: 116 Unusual Wren roost
PHOTOS
Wren 6: 159; 16: 266

ACCENTORS Prunellidae
SHORT NOTES
18: 185 Dunnock feeding in Spruce canopy
18: 247 feeding association of Dunnock and Blackbird in snow
PHOTOS
Dunnock 4: 162

CHATS Turdidae
PAPERS
14: 168-174 Bluethroats in Scotland during 1985 (R. D. Murray).
SHORT NOTES
1: 73 Black Redstarts in Aberdeenshire
1: 455 Stonechat breeding in Shetland
2: 37 Blackbird building many nests and rearing brood close beside Robins' nest
5: 220 Bluethroat breeding in Scotland
6: 283 Thrush Nightingale at Fair Isle and in Shetland
7: 57 Red-flanked Bluetail in Shetland
8: 80 Black Redstarts breeding in Orkney
8: 195 Nightingale of eastern subspecies on Fair Isle
9: 126 Rock Pipits rearing young Robin
10: 23 Red-flanked Bluetail on the Isle of May
14: 174 Bluethroats killed by nesting Merlins in Scotland
18: 114 Successful breeding of Bluethroat in Scotland
18: 115 Juvenile Bluethroat in Inverness-shire
PHOTOS
Thrush Nightingale 13: 221(37), 371
Bluethroat 5: 211; 6: 375; 14: 173
Red-flanked Bluetail 10: 18 (3)
Whinchat 10: 308 (29b); 14: 116

WHEATEARS
SHORT NOTES
6: 214 Behaviour of Wheatears and rabbits in a warren
6: 214 Black-eared Wheatear in Caithness
6: 446 Desert Wheatear at Fair Isle
16: 214 Pied Wheatear in Shetland: the fifth record for Scotland
18: 60 Wheatears' mountain top roost
LETTERS
16: 290 Pied Wheatear in Shetland
18: 121 Roosting behaviour of Wheatear
PHOTOS
Northern Wheatear 4: 160; 13: 17 (6)
Pied Wheatear 10: 114 (12a); 16: 192
Black-eared Wheatear 11: 220 (24b)

THRUSHES Turdidae
PAPERS
14: 44-48 Breeding Ring Ouzels in the Pentland Hills (I. R. Poxton).
14: 205-208 Breeding status of the Ring Ouzel in south-east Scotland 1985-86 (I. R. Poxton).
SHORT NOTES
1: 97 Overland mass migration of Redwings
1: 126 Bigamy and multiple nest-building of Song Thrush
1: 190 Song Thrush carrying young
1: 190 Redwings breeding in Sutherland
1: 238, 442 Dusky Thrush in Argyll
1: 454 Redwing breeding in Ross-shire
2: 37 Blackbird building many nests and rearing brood close beside Robins' nest
3: 315 Redwings breeding in north-west Highlands
3: 419 Eye-browed Thrush on North Rona: a new Scottish bird
4: 96 Nesting of a nearly white hen and a normal cock Blackbird
4: 310 Grey-cheeked Thrushes on St Kilda and in Morayshire
4: 376 American Robin in Kirkcudbrightshire
4: 377 Nesting of a leucistic Song Thrush in Sutherland
4: 451 Blue Rock Thrush in Orkney
5: 31 Fieldfares breeding in Orkney
5: 32 Redwings breeding in Scotland
5: 39 Blackbird and Song Thrush laying in the same nest
5: 109 Breeding success of Blackbirds in Edinburgh suburbs
5: 218 Fieldfares breeding in Shetland
5: 220 American Robin on Foula, Shetland
5: 291 Blackbird and Wren brooding Blackbird chicks
5: 392 Dusky Thrushes in Shetland
6: 212 Fieldfares breeding in east Inverness-shire
6: 213 Redwings breeding in north Perthshire
6: 336 Rock Thrush at Fair Isle
7: 208 Habitat of Redwings in Scotland
7: 261 White's Thrush on Fair Isle
7: 406 Fieldfares breeding on the Scottish mainland, 1972-3
8: 33 White's Thrush at Fair Isle
9: 349 Male Ring Ouzel associating with a pair of Blackbirds
12: 22 Mistle Thrush carrying mammal
12: 259 Song-flighting Mistle Thrush
12: 260 Redwings in a Highland Glen
14: 185 Double-brooded Fieldfare nesting in Glenurquhart, Scotland
14: 213 Icelandic Redwings in Inverness-shire
16: 40 Proximity of successful Ring Ouzel and Mistle Thrush nests
17: 235 Kestrel predation of Ring Ouzel nestling
18: 120 Willow Warbler feeding Mistle Thrush nestlings
18: 247 feeding association of Dunnock and Blackbird in snow
19: 173 Song Thrush apparently nesting on the ground
19: 182 Song Thrush predation on marine gastropods
LETTERS
7: 268 Habitat of Redwings in Wester Ross
PHOTOS
Ring Ouzel 1: 247
Blackbird 4: 94 albino; 5: 387
Fieldfare 5: 214; 6: 207
Song Thrush 1: 282; 5: 331
Redwing 5: 331

OLD WORLD WARBLERS Sylviidae
GENUS: Cettia, Cisticola, Locustella
SHORT NOTES
8: 34 Lanceolated Warbler at Fair Isle
17: 176 Cetti's Warbler in Edinburgh: a new bird for Scotland
PHOTOS
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler 10: 114 (11a)
Grasshopper Warbler 11: 118 (15a)

GENUS: Acrocephalus
SHORT NOTES
3: 315 Great Reed Warbler in east Inverness
6: 48 Aquatic Warblers in Fair Isle and Shetland
6: 337 Great Reed Warbler in Fife
7: 262 Thick-billed Warbler in Shetland
9: 381 Sparrowhawk taking Sedge Warbler from a ringer's hand
19: 119 Reed Warblers breeding in south-west Scotland
19: 170 Marsh Warblers breeding in Orkney in 1993: a first for Scotland
PHOTOS
Aquatic Warbler 1: 364
Sedge Warbler 9: 386; 11: 118 (15b); 12: 80 (10b)
Reed Warbler 9: 305; 17: 100

GENUS: Hippolais
SHORT NOTES
1: 191 Icterine Warbler in Shetland
10: 24 Olivaceous Warbler on the Isle of May
PHOTOS
Booted Warbler 10: 114 (11b)
Melodious Warbler 12: 48 (4a)

GENUS: Sylvia
PAPERS
10: 296-305 Notes on the Whitethroat in Sutherland (D. Macdonald).
11: 108-112 How many Lesser Whitethroats breed in the Lothians? (S. R. D. da Prato).
16: 66-76 The breeding distribution and habitat requirements of the Lesser Whitethroat in Strathclyde (T. Byars, D. J. Curtis & I. McDonald).
19: 223-230 Feeding studies of the Lesser Whitethroat in Strathclyde (T. Byars & D. J. Curtis).
SHORT NOTES
1: 19 Barred Warbler in Fife
1: 40 Blackcap nesting in Morayshire
1: 41 Lesser Whitethroats in Skye and Wester Ross
1: 41 Subalpine Warbler on the Isle of May
1: 380 Barred Warbler in Lewis
5: 223 Subalpine Warbler, Common Rosefinch and Lesser Grey Shrike on North Ronaldsay, Orkney
5: 394 Subalpine Warblers in Shetland and Orkney
6: 215 Subalpine Warbler in Angus
13: 52 Dartford Warbler in Berwickshire
LETTERS
4: 264 Garden Warblers in west Stirlingshire
PHOTOS
Subalpine Warbler 10: 266 (27b, c); 11: 220 (24a); 14: 118
Sardinian Warbler 12: 48 (4b)
Barred Warbler 12: 221 (27b)
Lesser Whitethroat 8: 65; 11: 118 (14a-d); 18: 230
Whitethroat 11: 118 (14e)
Blackcap 12: 258 (30); 13: 220 (33)

GENUS: Phylloscopus
SHORT NOTES
1: 42 Arctic Warbler in Aberdeenshire
1: 73 Chiffchaff in winter in Ayrshire
1: 239 Yellow-browed Warbler in Lewis
1: 380 Yellow-browed Warbler in Stirlingshire
2: 250 Yellow-browed Warbler and Tawny Pipit in Lewis
2: 367 Radde's Warbler at the Isle of May
4: 97 Abnormally plumaged Willow Warblers
4: 452 Greenish Warbler in Berwickshire
4: 454 Pallas's Warbler at Fair Isle-a new Scottish bird
5: 39 Abnormally plumaged Willow Warbler
5: 222 Arctic Warblers in Shetland
5: 395 Pallas's Warbler in Aberdeenshire
5: 397 Radde's Warbler on Isle of May
9: 164 Probable Siberian Chiffchaffs wintering in Morayshire
10: 56 Dusky Warbler at Fair Isle
12: 87 Elusive Chiffchaffs
12: 193 High-rise Willow Warbler
14: 50 Aberrant nesting behaviour of a male Wood Warbler
18: 120 Willow Warbler feeding Mistle Thrush nestlings
PHOTOS
Greenish Warbler 10: 18 (1)
Pallas's Warbler 10: 114 (11c)
Willow Warbler 3: 303; 11: 118 (15c); 12: 48 (5a); 18: 238

CRESTS Sylvidae
SHORT NOTES
1: 153 Firecrest on the Isle of May
4: 99 Firecrest in Shetland
5: 224 Firecrest in Orkney
5: 397 Firecrests on Isle of May and in Shetland
6: 447 Firecrests in Morayshire
8: 81, 279 Firecrests in Sutherland and Fife
20: 37 Goldcrest nest sites in witches' brooms
LETTERS
1: 195 Firecrest in Scotland
PHOTOS
Goldcrest 6: 319; 8: 66
Firecrest 1: 219; 13: 80 (13a), 328

OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS Muscicapidae
SHORT NOTES
1: 19 Pied Flycatcher breeding in Clackmannanshire
1: 192 Red-breasted Flycatcher in Aberdeenshire
1: 337 Red-breasted Flycatchers in Fife and Aberdeenshire
1: 494 Red-breasted Flycatchers in Aberdeenshire
2: 478 Collared Flycatcher in Orkney
10: 181 Collared Flycatchers in Shetland
PHOTOS
Red-breasted Flycatcher 17: 100
Pied Flycatcher 1: 381
Verditer Flycatcher 17: 100

LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalidae & TITS Paridae
PAPERS
10: 268-271 Breeding of Blue Tits in relation to food supply (J. J. D. Greenwood & S. F. Hubbard).
12: 97-106 Breeding status of the Crested Tit (M. J. H. Cook).
16: 19-24 Brood feeding and division of parental care by Crested Tits (D. Hope).
SHORT NOTES
1: 18 Two unusual nests of the Blue Tit
1: 40 Crested Tits in Morayshire
2: 37 Nocturnal behaviour of Blue Tit
3: 314 Great Tit killing and carrying Wren
10: 182 Carrion Crow taking Blue Tit
11: 227 Crested Tit laying second clutch
12: 255 The Crested Tit on Deeside
13: 116 Unusual behaviour of Long-tailed Tits
16: 41 Chaffinch egg hatched by Blue Tit
18: 250 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
19: 127 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
19: 177 Territory sizes of Crested Tits at Abernethy Forest, Strathspey
19: 304 Proposals to extend the range of the Crested Tit in Scotland, 1945-1955
LETTERS
13: 54 Crested Tits on Deeside
PHOTOS
Long-tailed Tit 6: 262
Crested Tit 9: 263; 12: 118 (12)
Blue Tit 13: 186 (27), 376

NUTHATCHES Sittiidae
SHORT NOTES
3: 83 Nuthatch in Perthshire
4: 450 Nuthatch in Kirkcudbrightshire
7: 316, 387 Nuthatches in Perthshire
15: 51 (1989 BR) The first successful breeding of Nuthatch in Scotland (R. D. Murray).
16: 43 Nuthatch breeds in Scotland

TREECREEPERS Certhiidae
SHORT NOTES
2: 249 Some breeding notes on the Treecreeper
9: 267 Further notes on a long-established Treecreeper nest site
11: 265 Treecreeper with only one foot
13: 228 Wellingtonias and Treecreepers
19: 115 Ground nesting Treecreeper in Deeside
PHOTOS
Treecreeper 12: 49 (7)

ORIOLES Oriolidae
SHORT NOTES
5: 289 Golden Orioles displaying in Kinross-shire

SHRIKES Laniidae
PAPERS
6: 18-22 Winter home range and feeding habits of a Great Grey Shrike in Morayshire (R. Hewson).
SHORT NOTES
1: 455 Lesser Grey Shrike in Ayrshire
1: 456 Red-backed Shrike in Aberdeenshire
2: 39 Method of Pursuit by a Great Grey Shrike
3: 250 Lesser Grey Shrike in Outer Hebrides
3: 420 Lesser Grey Shrike in Orkney
4: 101 Woodchat Shrike in Fife and East Lothian
4: 232 Lesser Grey Shrike in Orkney and Shetland
4: 234 Woodchat Shrike in Shetland
4: 378 Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland
4: 508 Woodchat Shrike in Orkney
5: 109 Lesser Grey Shrike in East Lothian
5: 110 Woodchat Shrike in Morayshire
5: 176 Woodchat Shrike in East Lothian
5: 223 Subalpine Warbler, Common Rosefinch and Lesser Grey Shrike on North Ronaldsay, Orkney
5: 225 Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland
6: 22 Notes on a Great Grey Shrike wintering in Lanarkshire
6: 24 Notes on the feeding behaviour of a captive Great Grey Shrike
6: 53 Lesser Grey Shrike in north Argyll
6: 449 Food of Great Grey Shrikes in Inverness-shire and south-east Sutherland
7: 95 Lesser Grey Shrikes in East Lothian and the Inner Hebrides
9: 348 Behaviour of Wryneck and Great Grey Shrike
18: 118 Red-backed Shrike breeding in Perthshire
19: 114 Red-backed Shrike breeding records in Scotland
19: 114 Red-backed Shrike - summer records in Scotland
LETTERS
18: 190 Red-backed Shrike breeding records in Scotland
PHOTOS
Red-backed Shrike 8: 65; 10: 18 (1)
Great Grey Shrike 6: 29; 9: 305

CROWS AND JAYS Corvidae
PAPERS
1: 286 Hooded Crow and Red-necked Grebe as predators of salmon (D. H. Mills).
3: 177-179 Notes on the rookeries in the City of Edinburgh in 1957 and 1964 (C. N. L. Cowper).
5: 196-204 A survey of rookeries in Ayrshire in 1966 (M. E. Castle).
6: 166-168 Scottish winter Rook roost survey (J. H. B. Munro).
6: 169-170 Notes on the rookeries in the City of Edinburgh in 1970 (J. H. B. Munro).
6: 438-443 Scottish winter Rook roost survey - southern Scotland (J. H. B. Munro).
7: 399-403 Breeding biology of Magpies in Aberdeenshire (J. A. Love & R. W. Summers).
8: 309-314 Scottish winter Rook roost survey - central and northern Scotland (J. H. B. Monro).
9: 327-334 Rookeries in Scotland - 1975 (M. E. Castle).
10: 261-267 A Study of Ravens in Orkney (C. J. Booth).
12: 211-218 The status of the Raven in southern Scotland and Northumbria (R. Mearns).
12: 238-246 The status of the Chough in Scotland (J. M. Warnes).
13: 258-262 Counts of some breeding birds in two recently afforested areas of Kintyre (S. J. Petty).
15: 114-118 The distribution and status of the Chough in Scotland in 1986 (P. Monaghan, E. Bignal, S. Bignal, N. Easterbee & C. R. McKay).
17: 205-211 Densities of breeding Magpies and Carrion Crows in south-east Scotland in 1992-93 (H. E. M. Dott).
17: 212-234 The breeding performance of Ravens from a sample of nesting territories in Shetland during 1984-1993 (P. M. Ellis, J. D. Okill, G. W. Petrie & D. Suddaby).
18: 71-77 Winter diet of Ravens in Perthshire (W. A. Mattingley).
18: 159-165 Ravens nesting on buildings in Orkney (C. J. Booth).
18: 205-213 Human induced increases of Carrion Crows and gulls on Cairngorm plateaux (A. Watson).
19: 129-133 Observations at a winter Rook and Jackdaw roost in Aberdeenshire (I. S. Francis).
19: 280-289 Distribution and foraging habitat preferences of Choughs on The Oa peninsular, Islay (M. Madders, F. M. Leckie, J. Watson & C. R. McKay).
20: 49-62 Raven population size and distribution on the Isle of Islay in winter (M. Madders & F. M. Leckie).
SHORT NOTES
1: 17 Feeding habits of Raven in Shetland
1: 18 Jay in Ayrshire
1: 238 Chough in Argyll
3: 366 Increase of Carrion Crow in south-east Sutherland
4: 449 The Magpie in western Scotland
5: 31 Hooded Crow making child-like cry
5: 290 Rook hiding food
5: 290 Nutcracker in Shetland
7: 56 Nutcrackers in Peebleshire
7: 403 Fulmars in a rookery
7: 406 Rooks in Shetland
9: 302 Rooks killing Carrion Crow
9: 382 Gymnastic Rook
10: 182 Carrion Crow taking Blue Tit
10: 276 Carrion Crow opening milk bottles
10: 315 Gymnastic Carrion Crow
12: 23 Change of Crow hybrid zone in Kincardineshire
12: 258 A Trio of Magpies
13: 54 Kingfisher attacked by Magpie
13: 88 Large, temporary roost of Jays in Midlothian
13: 188 High density breeding and ground nesting of Carrion Crows
14: 51 Raven breeding for the first time at 6 years old
15: 179 Successful autumn nesting of Raven
17: 168 Rook flight-line across Firth of Forth
18: 59 Magpie's nest - with a difference
18: 121 Carrion Crows roosting on ground with Black-headed Gulls
18: 248 Decline of Sutherland rookeries
19: 125 Interaction between Sparrowhawk and Jackdaw near Newtonmore, Highland
19: 299 Raven nest on hydro-electric dam
19: 303 Ravens nesting successfully on a specially provided platform
20: 112 Interactions between breeding Choughs and Fulmars on Islay
LETTERS
3: 208 Identification of Scandinavian Jackdaws
4: 524 The Magpie in western Scotland
5: 65 The Magpie in western Scotland
10: 31 Effects of poisoning on Raven and raptor populations
18: 190 Density of breeding Crows in Argyll
PHOTOS
Nutcracker 5: 269, 272
Chough 8: 429; 12: 258 (29)
Jackdaw 6: 160
Rook 6: 160; 9: 346
Carrion/Hooded Crow 4: 164
Raven 11: 188 (21); 18: 161

STARLINGS Sturnidae
PAPERS
8: 63-71 Evening assembly of Starlings at a winter roost (J. Brodie).
SHORT NOTES
1: 43 Rose-coloured Starling in Wigtownshire
1: 97 Winter breeding of Starling in Shetland
1: 193 Rose-coloured Starling in Shetland
1: 380 Rose-coloured Starling in Shetland
1: 456 Rose-coloured Starling in Dunbartonshire
2: 251 Rose-coloured Starling in Fife
4: 379 Rose-coloured Starling in Shetland
5: 292 Rose-coloured Starling in Berwickshire, East Lothian and the Outer Hebrides
5: 398 Rose-coloured Starling on Iona
7: 97 Rose-coloured Starling in Sutherland
10: 25 Starlings filling nestbox with hollyhock seeds
15: 135 The summer flocking of juvenile Starlings
15: 181 Starlings excavating nest holes in sand dunes
15: 184 Summer flocks of juvenile Starlings
LETTERS
6: 343 Starling using sheep as a towel
PHOTOS
Starling 5: 386; 6: 320; 8: 67, 251; 17: 216
Rose-coloured Starling 10: 114 (13a, b)

SPARROWS Passeridae
SHORT NOTES
1: 45 Tree Sparrows nesting in Ayrshire
2: 39 Tree Sparrows in north Sutherland
2: 102 Unseasonable breeding of House Sparrows
2: 310 Tree Sparrows breeding on St Kilda
8: 279 Scottish Bird Report 1973 - additions (House Sparrow)

FINCHES Fringillidae
PAPERS
16: 11-18 Probable long-term sympatry of Common and Scottish Crossbills in northeast Scotland (A. G. Knox).
16: 160-164 Variation in the Song of the Chaffinch (P. J. B. Slater).
19: 1-9 Distribution and abundance of Twites wintering in Caithness (H. Clark & R. M. Sellers).
19: 262-269 Winter habitats of Twites in Scotland (H. Clark & R. M. Sellers).
19: 270-279 Movements of Twites in Scotland (H. Clark & R. M. Sellers).
SHORT NOTES
1: 98 Hawfinches in Aberdeen
1: 98 Northern Bullfinch in the Cairngorms
1: 154 Hawfinch in Tiree
1: 154 Two-barred Crossbill in Inverness-shire
1: 155 Chaffinch nesting on ground
1: 193 Two-barred Crossbill in Shetland
1: 240 Common Rosefinches on Foula
1: 457 Scottish Crossbill in Wester Ross
2: 251 Arctic Redpoll in Lewis
2: 427 Arctic Redpoll in Inverness-shire
2: 478 Crossbills breeding in Angus
3: 34 Common Rosefinch on Auskerry, Orkney
3: 196 Parrot Crossbills in Shetland and Outer Hebrides
4: 508 The status of the Twite
4: 509 Common Rosefinch in Shetland
5: 177 Notes on the food of the Siskin around Inverness
5: 223 Subalpine Warbler, Common Rosefinch and Lesser Grey Shrike on North Ronaldsay, Orkney
5: 292 Arctic Redpolls in Shetland
5: 399 Serin in Shetland
7: 97 Arctic Redpoll in Orkney
7: 209 Common Rosefinch in Shetland
8: 279 Scottish Bird Report 1973 - additions (Hawfinch, Trumpeter Finch)
11: 85 Scottish Crossbills feeding on carrion
13: 87 Young Crossbill feeding a sibling
14: 188 Siskins breeding in Birch
15: 132 Siskins breeding in Birch
16: 41 Chaffinch egg hatched by Blue Tit
16: 287 Unripe grain, a major food for young finch-like birds
18: 117 Goldfinch feeding on seaweed
18: 248 Probable first breeding record of Brambling in Britain represented in a museum collection
18: 250 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
19: 127 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
20: 35 A further survey of Twites wintering in Caithness
LETTERS
1: 376 Siskins using feet as feeding aids
PHOTOS
Brambling 18: 249
Redpoll 7:355; 9: 386
Arctic Redpoll 7: 355; 12: 221 (27a)
Two-barred Crossbill 7: 355
Common Rosefinch 7: 136
Hawfinch 10: 266 (26); 18: 32

NEW WORLD WARBLERS Parulidae
SHORT NOTES
14: 124 Common Yellowthroat on Fetlar, Shetland
14: 310 Blackpoll Warbler on Whalsay
19: 123 Hooded Warbler on St Kilda
PHOTOS
Ovenbird 8: 252
Common Yellowthroat 13: 379

BUNTINGS Emberizidae
PAPERS
3: 235-246 Notes on the Corn Bunting in Sutherland (D. Macdonald).
8: 53-62 Spitzbergen 1972 - ornithological work of the Aberdeen University expedition (A. Anderson, L. Campbell, W. Murray, D. P. Stone, R. L. Swann).
9: 147-162, 10: 36 Recent distribution, ecology and breeding of Snow Buntings in Scotland (Desmond Nethersole-Thompson).
13: 19-23 Numbers and spacing of summering Snow Buntings and snow cover in the Cairngorms (T. P. Milsom & A. Watson).
13: 107-111 The status of the Corn Bunting in the Lothians (A. W. Brown, M. R. Leven & S. R. D. da Prato).
14: 57-60 Population size, distribution and habitat use of the Corn Bunting in the Uists and Benbecula (T. D. Williams, T. M. Reed & A. Webb).
16: 53-56 Scottish Snow Bunting numbers in summer 1970-87 (A. Watson & R. Smith).
16: 57-65 Snow Buntings in Caithness (K. W. Banks, H. Clark, I. R. K. Mackay, S.G. Mackay & R. M. Sellers).
16: 273-275 Some post-war declines in Corn Bunting numbers in north-east Scotland (A. Watson).
17: 223-234 Breeding seasons and nesting success of Snow Buntings in north-east Scotland (R. D. Smith & M. Marquiss).
18: 170-181 Numbers, distribution and habitat associations of Corn Buntings on the Outer Hebrides and Tiree in 1995 (P. F. Donald, P. Hines, J. Dustow, I. Hepburn, G. F. Albon & S. Jervis).
19: 105-113, 184 Habitat use by Snow Buntings in Scotland from spring to autumn (A. Watson).
SHORT NOTES
1: 20 Yellow-breasted Bunting at the Isle of May
1: 20 Little Bunting-and other birds-on Rhum
1: 44 Lapland Buntings in Aberdeenshire
1: 45 Snow Buntings feeding on Moor Rush
1: 277 Early nesting of Corn Bunting
1: 495 Prolonged nestling period of Corn Bunting
2: 252 Red-headed Bunting on Little Cumbrae
3: 317, 381 Yellow-breasted Bunting in Orkney
4: 103 Black-headed Bunting in Shetland
4: 104 Rustic Bunting in Outer Hebrides
5: 225 Black-headed and Pine Buntings in Orkney
5: 226 Little Bunting on Out Skerries, Shetland
5: 399 Black-headed Bunting in Inner Hebrides
6: 53 Slate-coloured Junco in Shetland
6: 338 Black-headed Bunting in Outer Hebrides
6: 339 Cirl Bunting in Wigtownshire
6: 339 White-throated Sparrow in Caithness
13: 189 Disappearance of the Corn Bunting from south-east Sutherland
16: 280 Dark-eyed Junco in Hamilton
17: 169 The diet of nestling Corn Buntings on North Uist - insects not grain
18: 116 Polyterritoriality in a population of Corn Buntings on North Uist
19: 115 Numbers of Snow Buntings on arable land in north east Scotland
20: 34 Corn Bunting decline in Easter Ross
PHOTOS
White-crowned Sparrow 10: 115 (16b)
White-throated Sparrow 8: 252
Dark-eyed Junco 16: 266
Lapland Longspur 5: 153
Snow Bunting 9: 153-155; 19: 113
Ortolan Bunting 6: 100
Rustic Bunting 6: 376
Little Bunting 6: 376; 10: 115 (16a)
Reed Bunting 13: 118 (17a)

BOBOLINK AND NORTHERN ORIOLE Icteridae
SHORT NOTES
10: 58 Baltimore Oriole at Fair Isle
14: 256 Bobolink on Fair Isle