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believe that it drinks a drop, some say three drops, of the 

 devil's blood each May morning, some say each Monday 

 morning."'' 



The white eggs of the Yellow Bunting with the nest found in 

 1886 are now in the possession of Mr. William Evans. (pp. 

 101-102.) 



THE STARLING. A white specimen, a male, with pale yellow 

 beak, pink legs and feet, but normally coloured eyes, was shot 

 at Kirkland (Tynron) on June 10th, 1911. In 1911 Starlings 

 proved a great pest at the Crichton Royal Institution, Dum- 

 fries. They nested in the ventilators of the houses, and it w-as 

 estimated that fully a half of these, or some one hundred and 

 eighty, were thus utilised. The noise of the parent birds when 

 feeding their young greatly annoyed the patients, and the mess 

 they made was so disgusting that it was thought necessary by 

 the Board of Directors to put up copper-wire screens at a total 

 cost of £12 to £15, in front of each of the three hundred and 

 sixty ventilators, to prevent the birds from repeating the 

 nuisance the following spring. 



THE BRITISH JAY. I have several records of this species 

 nesting in 1910 and 1911 in the littoral parishes. 



THE JACKDAW. Mr. George H. Robson informs me that he 

 shot a pied Jackdaw in 1904 near Dumfries, and he kindly 

 sent me one obtained on October 22nd, 1910, which had five 

 white primaries in each wing. (p. 117.) 



THE RAVEN. This species nested in several of its old haunts 



last spring. 



THE HOODED CROW. One, a female, which I shot at 

 Auchenhessnane (Tynron) on December 8th, 1910, was the first 



that had been seen in that parish. 



THE ROOK. An albino, a bird of the year, was shot near 

 Lockerbie House (Dryfesdale) on May 15th, 1911. 



It was estimated in 1827, that the damage done by Rooks 



7 Prov. Names Brit. Birds, 1885, pp. 70, 71. 



