20 Addenda and Corrigenda. 



Eider Duck. Oyster Catcher. Tern, Sandwich. 



Garden Warbler. Peregrine Falcon. Titmouse, Long-tailed. 



Goldfinch. Pied Flycatcher. Tufted Duck. 



Orebe, Great-crested. Plover, Golden. Wigeon. 



Grebe, Little. Plover, Ringed. Woodcock. 



Gull, Common. Pochard. Woodpecker, Great 



Hawfinch. Quail. Spotted. 



Jay. Raven. 



7. The taking or destroying the eggs of the Lapwing is 

 hereby prohibited after the 15th day of April in each year. 



8. This Order, which may be cited as " The Wild Birds 

 Protection (County of Dumfries) Order, 1911," shall remain in 

 force until the Twenty-eighth day of February, 19r4. 



Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Whitehall this 

 21st day of February, 1911. 



'^ (Signed) PENTLAND, 



7 His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



In terms of the Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880 to 1908, the 

 Joint Committee of the County of Dumfries and Burghs 

 hereby give public notice of above Order by the Secretary for 

 Scotland. 



JOHN ROBSON, Clerk of the Committee. 

 County Buildings, 

 Dumfries, 23rd Februrary, 1911. 



Several birds have, I am glad to say, been added to the 

 Schedule; but the most beneficial clause is that prohibiting the 

 taking of any wild birds or their eggs on all Sundays throughout 

 the whole year. 



I recently heard a 



LOCAL MISNOMER 



which roused my excitement. I was told the "Bittern" had 

 nested' in 1911 near Closeburn, but investigations revealed the 

 fact that this was but another name for the Common Snipe. 



The table showing the 



NUMBER OF SPECIES 



known to have occurred locally, requires a little alteration : — 



