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decorate the head-dress of his sister. Mr Brotherston of Kelso at 

 once perceived its rarity and value, and was permitted to preserve 

 the mutilated remains for the Kelso Museum. They are quite 

 enough to prove the identity of the bird, and, preserved as Mr. 

 Brotherston has done, with extended wings, head, and throat, may 

 so be disposed in a case that the parts awanting may not be much 

 missed.'' [Dr. F. Douglas, Kelso, in lit., 29th January, 1879. 

 See also, for detailed account of this bird, Proc. Berw. Nat. Chib., 

 Vol. viii. , p. 518.] 



Mr. A. Brotherston also informs us that another of the same 

 species was seen on January 19th, 1879, by Mr. A. Steel, close to 

 Kelso Bridge. ■ Both birds were solitary." [Loc. cit.] 



DIPPER. 



ClNCLUS AQUATICUS, Bech. 



" More than two-thirds must have perished or migrated from the 

 S. W. of Scotland before the winter ran its course " [R. Service, 

 loc. cit.], and a diminution of their numbers was evident in the 

 spring in Stirlingshire. 



WAXWING. 



Ampelis g are cxus, Lin. 



On 29th December [Sunday] my friend, Mr. J. H. Buchanan, 

 saw a Waxwing in the pig-stye at Leny, Callander. In the 

 middle of February, 1879, live Waxwings were seen in Banff 

 [Thos. Edward, Zool, May, 1879, p. 217]. They fed upon 

 Bo wan-berries. Another w r as killed on 3rd November, 1878, at 

 "Broxburn, and sent to Mr. Robt. Small, bird-stuffer, Edinburgh, 

 for preservation. 



ROOK. 



CORVtJS FEUGILEGUS, Lin. 



Some of the effects of the winter upon this species have been rather 

 curious. In January Rooks migrated daily from Tongue to Durness 

 to find their food at Far Out Head, a point of land that runs out 

 seaward, and is clear of snow [J. C. in lit., 13th January, 1879.] 

 Mr. J. Crawford at Tongue, almost simultaneously with myself in 

 Stirlingshire, made the note that at the least indication of a 

 thaw Rooks stay at home. Much " cawing" and repairing of old 

 nests took place at Dunipace the morning I received Mr. Crawford's 



