Part 4: passerines
PERCHING BIRDS Passeriformes:
Larks Alaudidae
SHORT NOTES
Swallows and Martins Hirundinidae
PAPERS
- v10: p221-229 Status and breeding biology of Swallows in Banffshire (D. B. McGinn).
- v14: p33-38 The distribution and abundance of Sand Martins breeding in central Scotland (G. Jones).
- v19: p141-144 Breeding biology of Swallows in Easter Ross (D. P. Butterfield & A. D. K. Ramsay).
SHORT NOTES
- v05: p175 Sand Martin colony under railway platform
- v06: p336 House Martins nesting at Golden Eagles eyrie
- v07: p260 Red-rumped Swallows in Shetland
- v08: p325 A cause of decline in farmyard House Martin colonies
- v10: p22, 239 Leucistic Swallows
- v15: p45 Black-headed Gulls as predators of breeding Sand Martins
- v17: p236 Sparrowhawk exploiting a Sand Martin colony
- v17: p237 A successful artificial Sand Martin banking
PHOTOS
Pipits Motacillidae
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p43 Albino pipit on the Isle of May
- v01: p97 Rock pipit in Kinross
- v01: p239 Albino Meadow Pipit in Benbecula
- v02: p100 Red-throated Pipit at St Kilda
- v02: p250 Yellow-browed Warbler and Tawny Pipit in Lewis
- v04: p100 Scandinavian Rock Pipits in Scotland in spring
- v04: p377 Red-throated Pipits in Shetland in spring
- v04: p507 Richard’s Pipit in Shetland
- v05: p176 Meadow Pipit display
- v06: p50 Water Pipits in Scotland
- v06: p338 Tawny Pipit in Shetland
- v06: p448 Water Pipit in Ayrshire
- v07: p263 Pechora Pipit on Fair Isle
- v09: p126 Rock Pipits rearing young Robin
LETTERS
- v16: p225 Richard’s Pipits on Stronsay
PHOTOS
- Tawny Pipit v07: p136
- Pechora Pipit v10: p114 (12b)
- Meadow Pipit v13: p118 (18b)
- Rock Pipit v13: p118 (18a)
Wagtails Motacillidae
PAPERS
- v07: p302-306 Breeding distribution of Grey Wagtails, Dippers and Common Sandpipers on the Midlothian Esk (C. N. L. Cowper).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p19 Grey Wagtail breeding in Lewis
- v01: p127 Unusual Flava Wagtail in Fife
- v02: p101 Food of Pied Wagtail
- v05: p398 Pied Wagtails feeding on floating hay bales
- v06: p176 Black-headed Wagtail in Shetland
- v06: p215 Black-headed Wagtail at Fair Isle
- v07: p316 Citrine Wagtail at Inverness
- v13: p115 Unusual roost-site of Pied Wagtails
- v13: p229 Pied Wagtails roosting in birch tree
- v15: p136 Male-biased sex ratio in Pied Wagtails wintering in Highland Region
PHOTOS
- Grey Wagtail v06: p262
Waxwings and Allies Bombycillidae
PAPERS
- v01: p102-106 The Invasion of Waxwings, December 1958 (A. T. Macmillan).
- v01: p241-251 The Invasion of Waxwings in Scotland in October and November 1959 (A. T. Macmillan).
- v02: p85-89 The Waxwing invasion of November 1961 (A. T. Macmillan).
- v03: p180-194 The Waxwing invasion of October and November 1963 (A. T. Macmillan).
- v04: p534-548 Waxwings in Scotland, 1965/66 and 1966/67 (M. J. Everett).
- v06: p420-438 Waxwings in Scotland, 1970/71 (I. H. J. Lyster).
SHORT NOTES
- v09: p350 Waxwings drinking birch sap
- v16: p221 Waxwings actively searching for insects
- v18: p250 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
- v19: p127 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
- v19: p127 Waxwings feeding on Cowberries
PHOTOS
Dippers Cinclidae
PAPERS
- v07: p302-306 Breeding distribution of Grey Wagtails, Dippers and Common Sandpipers on the Midlothian Esk (C. N. L. Cowper).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p336 Black-bellied Dipper in Angus
- v04: p450 Dippers diving in icebound loch
- v09: p268 Dipper removing lining from used nest
- v10: p180 Polygamy in the Dipper
- v13: p117 Unusual Dipper nest site
- v13: p230 Dipper covering eggs
- v13: p268 Dipper with one leg
- v14: p49 Dipper feeding on fish carrion
- v16: p40 Merlin killing and retrieving a Dipper from a loch
LETTERS
- v04: p523 Dippers diving in icebound loch
PHOTOS
- Dipper v10: p179 (20)
Wrens Trogodyltidae
SHORT NOTES
- v05: p291 Blackbird and Wren brooding Blackbird chicks
- v05: p391 Shetland Wren in Aberdeenshire
- v13: p116 Unusual Wren roost
PHOTOS
Accentors Prunellidae
SHORT NOTES
- v18: p185 Dunnock feeding in Spruce canopy
- v18: p247 feeding association of Dunnock and Blackbird in snow
PHOTOS
- Dunnock v04: p162
Chats Turdidae
PAPERS
- v14: p168-174 Bluethroats in Scotland during 1985 (R. D. Murray).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p73 Black Redstarts in Aberdeenshire
- v01: p455 Stonechat breeding in Shetland
- v02: p37 Blackbird building many nests and rearing brood close beside Robins’ nest
- v05: p220 Bluethroat breeding in Scotland
- v06: p283 Thrush Nightingale at Fair Isle and in Shetland
- v07: p57 Red-flanked Bluetail in Shetland
- v08: p80 Black Redstarts breeding in Orkney
- v08: p195 Nightingale of eastern subspecies on Fair Isle
- v09: p126 Rock Pipits rearing young Robin
- v10: p23 Red-flanked Bluetail on the Isle of May
- v14: p174 Bluethroats killed by nesting Merlins in Scotland
- v18: p114 Successful breeding of Bluethroat in Scotland
- v18: p115 Juvenile Bluethroat in Inverness-shire
PHOTOS
- Thrush Nightingale v13: p221(37), 371
- Bluethroat v05: p211; v06: p375; v14: p173
- Red-flanked Bluetail v10: p18 (3)
- Whinchat v10: p308 (29b); v14: p116
Wheatears
SHORT NOTES
- v06: p214 Behaviour of Wheatears and rabbits in a warren
- v06: p214 Black-eared Wheatear in Caithness
- v06: p446 Desert Wheatear at Fair Isle
- v16: p214 Pied Wheatear in Shetland: the fifth record for Scotland
- v18: p60 Wheatears’ mountain top roost
LETTERS
PHOTOS
- Northern Wheatear v04: p160; v13: p17 (6)
- Pied Wheatear v10: p114 (12a); v16: p192
- Black-eared Wheatear v11: p220 (24b)
Thrushes Turdidae
PAPERS
- v14: p44-48 Breeding Ring Ouzels in the Pentland Hills (I. R. Poxton).
- v14: p205-208 Breeding status of the Ring Ouzel in south-east Scotland 1985-86 (I. R. Poxton).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p97 Overland mass migration of Redwings
- v01: p126 Bigamy and multiple nest-building of Song Thrush
- v01: p190 Song Thrush carrying young
- v01: p190 Redwings breeding in Sutherland
- v01: p238, 442 Dusky Thrush in Argyll
- v01: p454 Redwing breeding in Ross-shire
- v02: p37 Blackbird building many nests and rearing brood close beside Robins’ nest
- v03: p315 Redwings breeding in north-west Highlands
- v03: p419 Eye-browed Thrush on North Rona: a new Scottish bird
- v04: p96 Nesting of a nearly white hen and a normal cock Blackbird
- v04: p310 Grey-cheeked Thrushes on St Kilda and in Morayshire
- v04: p376 American Robin in Kirkcudbrightshire
- v04: p377 Nesting of a leucistic Song Thrush in Sutherland
- v04: p451 Blue Rock Thrush in Orkney
- v05: p31 Fieldfares breeding in Orkney
- v05: p32 Redwings breeding in Scotland
- v05: p39 Blackbird and Song Thrush laying in the same nest
- v05: p109 Breeding success of Blackbirds in Edinburgh suburbs
- v05: p218 Fieldfares breeding in Shetland
- v05: p220 American Robin on Foula, Shetland
- v05: p291 Blackbird and Wren brooding Blackbird chicks
- v05: p392 Dusky Thrushes in Shetland
- v06: p212 Fieldfares breeding in east Inverness-shire
- v06: p213 Redwings breeding in north Perthshire
- v06: p336 Rock Thrush at Fair Isle
- v07: p208 Habitat of Redwings in Scotland
- v07: p261 White’s Thrush on Fair Isle
- v07: p406 Fieldfares breeding on the Scottish mainland, 1972-3
- v08: p33 White’s Thrush at Fair Isle
- v09: p349 Male Ring Ouzel associating with a pair of Blackbirds
- v12: p22 Mistle Thrush carrying mammal
- v12: p259 Song-flighting Mistle Thrush
- v12: p260 Redwings in a Highland Glen
- v14: p185 Double-brooded Fieldfare nesting in Glenurquhart, Scotland
- v14: p213 Icelandic Redwings in Inverness-shire
- v16: p40 Proximity of successful Ring Ouzel and Mistle Thrush nests
- v17: p235 Kestrel predation of Ring Ouzel nestling
- v18: p120 Willow Warbler feeding Mistle Thrush nestlings
- v18: p247 feeding association of Dunnock and Blackbird in snow
- v19: p173 Song Thrush apparently nesting on the ground
- v19: p182 Song Thrush predation on marine gastropods
LETTERS
- v07: p268 Habitat of Redwings in Wester Ross
PHOTOS
- Ring Ouzel v01: p247
- Blackbird v04: p94 albino; v05: p387
- Fieldfare v05: p214; v06: p207
- Song Thrush v01: p282; v05: p331
- Redwing v05: p331
OLD WORLD WARBLERS Sylviidae:
Genus: Cettia, Cisticola, Locustella
SHORT NOTES
- v08: p34 Lanceolated Warbler at Fair Isle
- v17: p176 Cetti’s Warbler in Edinburgh: a new bird for Scotland
PHOTOS
Genus: Acrocephalus
SHORT NOTES
- v03: p315 Great Reed Warbler in east Inverness
- v06: p48 Aquatic Warblers in Fair Isle and Shetland
- v06: p337 Great Reed Warbler in Fife
- v07: p262 Thick-billed Warbler in Shetland
- v09: p381 Sparrowhawk taking Sedge Warbler from a ringer’s hand
- v19: p119 Reed Warblers breeding in south-west Scotland
- v19: p170 Marsh Warblers breeding in Orkney in 1993: a first for Scotland
PHOTOS
- Aquatic Warbler v01: p364
- Sedge Warbler v09: p386; v11: p118 (15b); v12: p80 (10b)
- Reed Warbler v09: p305; v17: p100
Genus: Hippolais
SHORT NOTES
PHOTOS
Genus: Sylvia
PAPERS
- v10: p296-305 Notes on the Whitethroat in Sutherland (D. Macdonald).
- v11: p108-112 How many Lesser Whitethroats breed in the Lothians? (S. R. D. da Prato).
- v16: p66-76 The breeding distribution and habitat requirements of the Lesser Whitethroat in Strathclyde (T. Byars, D. J. Curtis & I. McDonald).
- v19: p223-230 Feeding studies of the Lesser Whitethroat in Strathclyde (T. Byars & D. J. Curtis).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p19 Barred Warbler in Fife
- v01: p40 Blackcap nesting in Morayshire
- v01: p41 Lesser Whitethroats in Skye and Wester Ross
- v01: p41 Subalpine Warbler on the Isle of May
- v01: p380 Barred Warbler in Lewis
- v05: p223 Subalpine Warbler, Common Rosefinch and Lesser Grey Shrike on North Ronaldsay, Orkney
- v05: p394 Subalpine Warblers in Shetland and Orkney
- v06: p215 Subalpine Warbler in Angus
- v13: p52 Dartford Warbler in Berwickshire
LETTERS
- v04: p264 Garden Warblers in west Stirlingshire
PHOTOS
- Subalpine Warbler v10: p266 (27b, c); v11: p220 (24a); v14: p118
- Sardinian Warbler v12: p48 (4b)
- Barred Warbler v12: p221 (27b)
- Lesser Whitethroat v08: p65; v11: p118 (14a-d); v18: p230
- Whitethroat v11: p118 (14e)
- Blackcap v12: p258 (30); v13: p220 (33)
Genus: Phylloscopus
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p42 Arctic Warbler in Aberdeenshire
- v01: p73 Chiffchaff in winter in Ayrshire
- v01: p239 Yellow-browed Warbler in Lewis
- v01: p380 Yellow-browed Warbler in Stirlingshire
- v02: p250 Yellow-browed Warbler and Tawny Pipit in Lewis
- v02: p367 Radde’s Warbler at the Isle of May
- v04: p97 Abnormally plumaged Willow Warblers
- v04: p452 Greenish Warbler in Berwickshire
- v04: p454 Pallas’s Warbler at Fair Isle-a new Scottish bird
- v05: p39 Abnormally plumaged Willow Warbler
- v05: p222 Arctic Warblers in Shetland
- v05: p395 Pallas’s Warbler in Aberdeenshire
- v05: p397 Radde’s Warbler on Isle of May
- v09: p164 Probable Siberian Chiffchaffs wintering in Morayshire
- v10: p56 Dusky Warbler at Fair Isle
- v12: p87 Elusive Chiffchaffs
- v12: p193 High-rise Willow Warbler
- v14: p50 Aberrant nesting behaviour of a male Wood Warbler
- v18: p120 Willow Warbler feeding Mistle Thrush nestlings
PHOTOS
- Greenish Warbler v10: p18 (1)
- Pallas’s Warbler v10: p114 (11c)
- Willow Warbler v03: p303; v11: p118 (15c); v12: p48 (5a); v18: p238
Crests Sylvidae
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p153 Firecrest on the Isle of May
- v04: p99 Firecrest in Shetland
- v05: p224 Firecrest in Orkney
- v05: p397 Firecrests on Isle of May and in Shetland
- v06: p447 Firecrests in Morayshire
- v08: p81, 279 Firecrests in Sutherland and Fife
- v20: p37 Goldcrest nest sites in witches’ brooms
LETTERS
- v01: p195 Firecrest in Scotland
PHOTOS
Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p19 Pied Flycatcher breeding in Clackmannanshire
- v01: p192 Red-breasted Flycatcher in Aberdeenshire
- v01: p337 Red-breasted Flycatchers in Fife and Aberdeenshire
- v01: p494 Red-breasted Flycatchers in Aberdeenshire
- v02: p478 Collared Flycatcher in Orkney
- v10: p181 Collared Flycatchers in Shetland
PHOTOS
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalidae and Tits Paridae
PAPERS
- v10: p268-271 Breeding of Blue Tits in relation to food supply (J. J. D. Greenwood & S. F. Hubbard).
- v12: p97-106 Breeding status of the Crested Tit (M. J. H. Cook).
- v16: p19-24 Brood feeding and division of parental care by Crested Tits (D. Hope).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p18 Two unusual nests of the Blue Tit
- v01: p40 Crested Tits in Morayshire
- v02: p37 Nocturnal behaviour of Blue Tit
- v03: p314 Great Tit killing and carrying Wren
- v10: p182 Carrion Crow taking Blue Tit
- v11: p227 Crested Tit laying second clutch
- v12: p255 The Crested Tit on Deeside
- v13: p116 Unusual behaviour of Long-tailed Tits
- v16: p41 Chaffinch egg hatched by Blue Tit
- v18: p250 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
- v19: p127 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
- v19: p177 Territory sizes of Crested Tits at Abernethy Forest, Strathspey
- v19: p304 Proposals to extend the range of the Crested Tit in Scotland, 1945-1955
LETTERS
- v13: p54 Crested Tits on Deeside
PHOTOS
Nuthatches Sittiidae
SHORT NOTES
- v03: p83 Nuthatch in Perthshire
- v04: p450 Nuthatch in Kirkcudbrightshire
- v07: p316, 387 Nuthatches in Perthshire
- v15: p51 (1989 BR) The first successful breeding of Nuthatch in Scotland (R. D. Murray).
- v16: p43 Nuthatch breeds in Scotland
Treecreepers Certhiidae
SHORT NOTES
- v02: p249 Some breeding notes on the Treecreeper
- v09: p267 Further notes on a long-established Treecreeper nest site
- v11: p265 Treecreeper with only one foot
- v13: p228 Wellingtonias and Treecreepers
- v19: p115 Ground nesting Treecreeper in Deeside
PHOTOS
- Treecreeper v12: p49 (7)
Orioles Oriolidae
SHORT NOTES
- v05: p289 Golden Orioles displaying in Kinross-shire
Shrikes Laniidae
PAPERS
- v06: p18-22 Winter home range and feeding habits of a Great Grey Shrike in Morayshire (R. Hewson).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p455 Lesser Grey Shrike in Ayrshire
- v01: p456 Red-backed Shrike in Aberdeenshire
- v02: p39 Method of Pursuit by a Great Grey Shrike
- v03: p250 Lesser Grey Shrike in Outer Hebrides
- v03: p420 Lesser Grey Shrike in Orkney
- v04: p101 Woodchat Shrike in Fife and East Lothian
- v04: p232 Lesser Grey Shrike in Orkney and Shetland
- v04: p234 Woodchat Shrike in Shetland
- v04: p378 Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland
- v04: p508 Woodchat Shrike in Orkney
- v05: p109 Lesser Grey Shrike in East Lothian
- v05: p110 Woodchat Shrike in Morayshire
- v05: p176 Woodchat Shrike in East Lothian
- v05: p223 Subalpine Warbler, Common Rosefinch and Lesser Grey Shrike on North Ronaldsay, Orkney
- v05: p225 Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland
- v06: p22 Notes on a Great Grey Shrike wintering in Lanarkshire
- v06: p24 Notes on the feeding behaviour of a captive Great Grey Shrike
- v06: p53 Lesser Grey Shrike in north Argyll
- v06: p449 Food of Great Grey Shrikes in Inverness-shire and south-east Sutherland
- v07: p95 Lesser Grey Shrikes in East Lothian and the Inner Hebrides
- v09: p348 Behaviour of Wryneck and Great Grey Shrike
- v18: p118 Red-backed Shrike breeding in Perthshire
- v19: p114 Red-backed Shrike breeding records in Scotland
- v19: p114 Red-backed Shrike – summer records in Scotland
LETTERS
- v18: p190 Red-backed Shrike breeding records in Scotland
PHOTOS
Crows and Jays Corvidae
PAPERS
- v01: p286 Hooded Crow and Red-necked Grebe as predators of salmon (D. H. Mills).
- v03: p177-179 Notes on the rookeries in the City of Edinburgh in 1957 and 1964 (C. N. L. Cowper).
- v05: p196-204 A survey of rookeries in Ayrshire in 1966 (M. E. Castle).
- v06: p166-168 Scottish winter Rook roost survey (J. H. B. Munro).
- v06: p169-170 Notes on the rookeries in the City of Edinburgh in 1970 (J. H. B. Munro).
- v06: p438-443 Scottish winter Rook roost survey – southern Scotland (J. H. B. Munro).
- v07: p399-403 Breeding biology of Magpies in Aberdeenshire (J. A. Love & R. W. Summers).
- v08: p309-314 Scottish winter Rook roost survey – central and northern Scotland (J. H. B. Monro).
- v09: p327-334 Rookeries in Scotland – 1975 (M. E. Castle).
- v10: p261-267 A Study of Ravens in Orkney (C. J. Booth).
- v12: p211-218 The status of the Raven in southern Scotland and Northumbria (R. Mearns).
- v12: p238-246 The status of the Chough in Scotland (J. M. Warnes).
- v13: p258-262 Counts of some breeding birds in two recently afforested areas of Kintyre (S. J. Petty).
- v15: p114-118 The distribution and status of the Chough in Scotland in 1986 (P. Monaghan, E. Bignal, S. Bignal, N. Easterbee & C. R. McKay).
- v17: p205-211 Densities of breeding Magpies and Carrion Crows in south-east Scotland in 1992-93 (H. E. M. Dott).
- v17: p212-234 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).
- v18: p71-77 Winter diet of Ravens in Perthshire (W. A. Mattingley).
- v18: p159-165 Ravens nesting on buildings in Orkney (C. J. Booth).
- v18: p205-213 Human induced increases of Carrion Crows and gulls on Cairngorm plateaux (A. Watson).
- v19: p129-133 Observations at a winter Rook and Jackdaw roost in Aberdeenshire (I. S. Francis).
- v19: p280-289 Distribution and foraging habitat preferences of Choughs on The Oa peninsular, Islay (M. Madders, F. M. Leckie, J. Watson & C. R. McKay).
- v20: p49-62 Raven population size and distribution on the Isle of Islay in winter (M. Madders & F. M. Leckie).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p17 Feeding habits of Raven in Shetland
- v01: p18 Jay in Ayrshire
- v01: p238 Chough in Argyll
- v03: p366 Increase of Carrion Crow in south-east Sutherland
- v04: p449 The Magpie in western Scotland
- v05: p31 Hooded Crow making child-like cry
- v05: p290 Rook hiding food
- v05: p290 Nutcracker in Shetland
- v07: p56 Nutcrackers in Peebleshire
- v07: p403 Fulmars in a rookery
- v07: p406 Rooks in Shetland
- v09: p302 Rooks killing Carrion Crow
- v09: p382 Gymnastic Rook
- v10: p182 Carrion Crow taking Blue Tit
- v10: p276 Carrion Crow opening milk bottles
- v10: p315 Gymnastic Carrion Crow
- v12: p23 Change of Crow hybrid zone in Kincardineshire
- v12: p258 A Trio of Magpies
- v13: p54 Kingfisher attacked by Magpie
- v13: p88 Large, temporary roost of Jays in Midlothian
- v13: p188 High density breeding and ground nesting of Carrion Crows
- v14: p51 Raven breeding for the first time at 6 years old
- v15: p179 Successful autumn nesting of Raven
- v17: p168 Rook flight-line across Firth of Forth
- v18: p59 Magpie’s nest – with a difference
- v18: p121 Carrion Crows roosting on ground with Black-headed Gulls
- v18: p248 Decline of Sutherland rookeries
- v19: p125 Interaction between Sparrowhawk and Jackdaw near Newtonmore, Highland
- v19: p299 Raven nest on hydro-electric dam
- v19: p303 Ravens nesting successfully on a specially provided platform
- v20: p112 Interactions between breeding Choughs and Fulmars on Islay
LETTERS
- v03: p208 Identification of Scandinavian Jackdaws
- v04: p524 The Magpie in western Scotland
- v05: p65 The Magpie in western Scotland
- v10: p31 Effects of poisoning on Raven and raptor populations
- v18: p190 Density of breeding Crows in Argyll
PHOTOS
- Nutcracker v05: p269, 272
- Chough v08: p429; v12: p258 (29)
- Jackdaw v06: p160
- Rook v06: p160; v09: p346
- Carrion/Hooded Crow v04: p164
- Raven v11: p188 (21); v18: p161
Starlings Sturnidae
PAPERS
- v08: p63-71 Evening assembly of Starlings at a winter roost (J. Brodie).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p43 Rose-coloured Starling in Wigtownshire
- v01: p97 Winter breeding of Starling in Shetland
- v01: p193 Rose-coloured Starling in Shetland
- v01: p380 Rose-coloured Starling in Shetland
- v01: p456 Rose-coloured Starling in Dunbartonshire
- v02: p251 Rose-coloured Starling in Fife
- v04: p379 Rose-coloured Starling in Shetland
- v05: p292 Rose-coloured Starling in Berwickshire, East Lothian and the Outer Hebrides
- v05: p398 Rose-coloured Starling on Iona
- v07: p97 Rose-coloured Starling in Sutherland
- v10: p25 Starlings filling nestbox with hollyhock seeds
- v15: p135 The summer flocking of juvenile Starlings
- v15: p181 Starlings excavating nest holes in sand dunes
- v15: p184 Summer flocks of juvenile Starlings
LETTERS
- v06: p343 Starling using sheep as a towel
PHOTOS
Sparrows Passeridae
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p45 Tree Sparrows nesting in Ayrshire
- v02: p39 Tree Sparrows in north Sutherland
- v02: p102 Unseasonable breeding of House Sparrows
- v02: p310 Tree Sparrows breeding on St Kilda
- v08: p279 Scottish Bird Report 1973 – additions (House Sparrow)
Finches Fringillidae
PAPERS
- v16: p11-18 Probable long-term sympatry of Common and Scottish Crossbills in northeast Scotland (A. G. Knox).
- v16: p160-164 Variation in the Song of the Chaffinch (P. J. B. Slater).
- v19: p1-9 Distribution and abundance of Twites wintering in Caithness (H. Clark & R. M. Sellers).
- v19: p262-269 Winter habitats of Twites in Scotland (H. Clark & R. M. Sellers).
- v19: p270-279 Movements of Twites in Scotland (H. Clark & R. M. Sellers).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p98 Hawfinches in Aberdeen
- v01: p98 Northern Bullfinch in the Cairngorms
- v01: p154 Hawfinch in Tiree
- v01: p154 Two-barred Crossbill in Inverness-shire
- v01: p155 Chaffinch nesting on ground
- v01: p193 Two-barred Crossbill in Shetland
- v01: p240 Common Rosefinches on Foula
- v01: p457 Scottish Crossbill in Wester Ross
- v02: p251 Arctic Redpoll in Lewis
- v02: p427 Arctic Redpoll in Inverness-shire
- v02: p478 Crossbills breeding in Angus
- v03: p34 Common Rosefinch on Auskerry, Orkney
- v03: p196 Parrot Crossbills in Shetland and Outer Hebrides
- v04: p508 The status of the Twite
- v04: p509 Common Rosefinch in Shetland
- v05: p177 Notes on the food of the Siskin around Inverness
- v05: p223 Subalpine Warbler, Common Rosefinch and Lesser Grey Shrike on North Ronaldsay, Orkney
- v05: p292 Arctic Redpolls in Shetland
- v05: p399 Serin in Shetland
- v07: p97 Arctic Redpoll in Orkney
- v07: p209 Common Rosefinch in Shetland
- v08: p279 Scottish Bird Report 1973 – additions (Hawfinch, Trumpeter Finch)
- v11: p85 Scottish Crossbills feeding on carrion
- v13: p87 Young Crossbill feeding a sibling
- v14: p188 Siskins breeding in Birch
- v15: p132 Siskins breeding in Birch
- v16: p41 Chaffinch egg hatched by Blue Tit
- v16: p287 Unripe grain, a major food for young finch-like birds
- v18: p117 Goldfinch feeding on seaweed
- v18: p248 Probable first breeding record of Brambling in Britain represented in a museum collection
- v18: p250 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
- v19: p127 Mobbing of Waxwing by Chaffinches and Blue Tits
- v20: p35 A further survey of Twites wintering in Caithness
LETTERS
- v01: p376 Siskins using feet as feeding aids
PHOTOS
- Brambling v18: p249
- Redpoll 7:355; v09: p386
- Arctic Redpoll v07: p355; v12: p221 (27a)
- Two-barred Crossbill v07: p355
- Common Rosefinch v07: p136
- Hawfinch v10: p266 (26); v18: p32
New World Warblers Parulidae
SHORT NOTES
- v14: p124 Common Yellowthroat on Fetlar, Shetland
- v14: p310 Blackpoll Warbler on Whalsay
- v19: p123 Hooded Warbler on St Kilda
PHOTOS
Buntings Emberizidae
PAPERS
- v03: p235-246 Notes on the Corn Bunting in Sutherland (D. Macdonald).
- v08: p53-62 Spitzbergen 1972 – ornithological work of the Aberdeen University expedition (A. Anderson, L. Campbell, W. Murray, D. P. Stone, R. L. Swann).
- v09: p147-162, v10: p36 Recent distribution, ecology and breeding of Snow Buntings in Scotland (Desmond Nethersole-Thompson).
- v13: p19-23 Numbers and spacing of summering Snow Buntings and snow cover in the Cairngorms (T. P. Milsom & A. Watson).
- v13: p107-111 The status of the Corn Bunting in the Lothians (A. W. Brown, M. R. Leven & S. R. D. da Prato).
- v14: p57-60 Population size, distribution and habitat use of the Corn Bunting in the Uists and Benbecula (T. D. Williams, T. M. Reed & A. Webb).
- v16: p53-56 Scottish Snow Bunting numbers in summer 1970-87 (A. Watson & R. Smith).
- v16: p57-65 Snow Buntings in Caithness (K. W. Banks, H. Clark, I. R. K. Mackay, S.G. Mackay & R. M. Sellers).
- v16: p273-275 Some post-war declines in Corn Bunting numbers in north-east Scotland (A. Watson).
- v17: p223-234 Breeding seasons and nesting success of Snow Buntings in north-east Scotland (R. D. Smith & M. Marquiss).
- v18: p170-181 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).
- v19: p105-113, 184 Habitat use by Snow Buntings in Scotland from spring to autumn (A. Watson).
SHORT NOTES
- v01: p20 Yellow-breasted Bunting at the Isle of May
- v01: p20 Little Bunting-and other birds-on Rhum
- v01: p44 Lapland Buntings in Aberdeenshire
- v01: p45 Snow Buntings feeding on Moor Rush
- v01: p277 Early nesting of Corn Bunting
- v01: p495 Prolonged nestling period of Corn Bunting
- v02: p252 Red-headed Bunting on Little Cumbrae
- v03: p317, 381 Yellow-breasted Bunting in Orkney
- v04: p103 Black-headed Bunting in Shetland
- v04: p104 Rustic Bunting in Outer Hebrides
- v05: p225 Black-headed and Pine Buntings in Orkney
- v05: p226 Little Bunting on Out Skerries, Shetland
- v05: p399 Black-headed Bunting in Inner Hebrides
- v06: p53 Slate-coloured Junco in Shetland
- v06: p338 Black-headed Bunting in Outer Hebrides
- v06: p339 Cirl Bunting in Wigtownshire
- v06: p339 White-throated Sparrow in Caithness
- v13: p189 Disappearance of the Corn Bunting from south-east Sutherland
- v16: p280 Dark-eyed Junco in Hamilton
- v17: p169 The diet of nestling Corn Buntings on North Uist – insects not grain
- v18: p116 Polyterritoriality in a population of Corn Buntings on North Uist
- v19: p115 Numbers of Snow Buntings on arable land in north east Scotland
- v20: p34 Corn Bunting decline in Easter Ross
PHOTOS
- White-crowned Sparrow v10: p115 (16b)
- White-throated Sparrow v08: p252
- Dark-eyed Junco v16: p266
- Lapland Longspur v05: p153
- Snow Bunting v09: p153-155; v19: p113
- Ortolan Bunting v06: p100
- Rustic Bunting v06: p376
- Little Bunting v06: p376; v10: p115 (16a)
- Reed Bunting v13: p118 (17a)
