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preserving district they would have been allowed to live. C. STUART, 

 Chirnside. 



The Jay in Dumfriesshire. At one time this fine bird may have 

 been a regular inhabitant of this district, since it was some half 

 century ago, as I believe, pretty common in Ayrshire. Nowadays 

 it is only a casual visitant. One frequented a Stewartry plantation 

 within a few miles of Maxwelltown for some weeks in October 1894. 

 On the 5th November a Jay (Garrulus glandarius) was shot in the 

 neighbourhood of Lockerbie. I hear from Mr. Gilbertson, keeper 

 on Closeburn, that a drove of Jays is frequenting the woods there. 

 No doubt these are all birds on migration. The species sometimes 

 migrates from the far east of Europe in untold multitudes. R. 

 SERVICE, Maxwelltown. 



Rose-eoloured Pastor in West Ross-shire. On i6th August 

 last, Murdo Mackenzie shot a bird which had been observed in 

 Inverbroom garden for two or three days previously. It proved to 

 be a specimen of the Rose-coloured Pastor (Pastor roseus\ the 

 plumage agreeing exactly with the illustration of this species in 

 Gould's " British Birds." The bird has been sent to Mr. Inglis of 

 Dingwall to be mounted for the Braemar Museum. J. A. FOWLER, 

 Inverbroom. 



Partial Albinism in the Robin at Dalmeny. About the ist of 

 November a rather uncommon variety of the Robin made its 

 appearance in the garden here. It was nearly white, with the excep- 

 tion of a few brown feathers on the head and back. The breast 

 was red, spotted with white, while the under parts of the body and 

 the tail were pure white. Where it had come from was a matter of 

 some conjecture, as a bird of so conspicuous plumage could not 

 remain long anywhere without being noticed. After a few days I 

 caught it, and it is now in my possession. It is a most interesting 

 pet, and when whistling has a low, sweet note that is very pleasing. 

 CHAS. CAMPBELL, Dalmeny Park. 



The Pied Flycatcher, etc., in Mid-Nithsdale. In reference to 

 Mr. Service's note on the Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilld] 

 in the October "Annals," I may say that it still frequents this 

 district, and may now be regarded as a rare but regular summer 

 visitor to Mid-Nithsdale. Its favourite haunts are the small streams 

 tributary to the Nith. On the 2oth May of this year I found a pair 

 nesting about two miles below the spot where it was first discovered 

 in 1884. The Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix] far out- 

 numbers the Willow Wren (Phylloscopus trochilus\ which is the 

 commoner of the two elsewhere in Mid-Nithsdale. As for the Chiff- 

 Chaff (Phylloscopus rufus), it is of extreme rarity hereabouts, if it 

 occurs at all. I have never heard its note myself. ROBERT 

 ARMSTRONG, Thornhill. 



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