31)0 Local Birds. 



Sparrow, Hedge, Wagtail, Grey. 

 Swallow. ,, Yellow or Ray's. 



Swift. Waxwing. 



Thrush, Common. Whinchat. 



„ Missel. White-throat. 



Tit, Blue. Woodpecker, Greater Spotted. 



„ Great. Woodcock. 



,. Long-tailed. Wren. 



,, Tree Creeper. Wood Pigeon. 

 AVagtail, Pied. 



III. — Extracts from Annan Burgh Records, from 1682 to 

 17 1 2. By Mr James Barbour. 



Riding of the Marches. 



30th October, 1682. — The said day the whole inhabitants 

 were ordained to wait upon the Magistrates and Town Council 

 the morrow, upon their best horses and in their best apparel, and 

 that before the sun-rising, for riding of the town marches, and 

 that under the pain of forty pounds Scots money, to be paid by 

 each person inhabitant in case of failure. 



30th September, 1697. — The marches to be ridden this 

 year. The whole inhabitants except the present magistrates are 

 to ride time about, and to carry the cripples time about. 



References to the Persecution. 



27th April, 1683. — The which day the Magistrates and 

 Council ordain the treasurer and customers to pay their expenses 

 when they went out upon the Laird of Claverhouse accounts con- 

 form to their respective accounts to be given by each one of them 

 for that effect to the town treasurer. 



22nd October, 1683. — Customs let to Pat Galloway, late 

 bailie, for iioo merks; and that without defalcation, be it peace 

 or war. [He is to pay the full rent even should business be 

 dislocated by civil war.] 



14th October, 1684. — The Earl of Annandale chosen pro- 

 vost (his lordship then being 20 years of age). All the Council 

 sworn, and likewise took the test. 



8th February, 1689. — Earl of Annandale re-elected provost. 

 Sir Robert Grierson of Las; was admitted burgess and freeman to 



