28 A Naturalist's Calendar. 



15 I know of no Dugaldston (sic) Loch. Dougalston Loch, in 

 the parish of New Kilijatrick, Dumbartonshire, is " 4^ furlongs 

 by 1 furlong, contains an islet, and is noted for its rare aquatic 

 plants." iCasselVs Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, 1896.) 

 If this is the place intended by Sir W. J., it would be some 64 

 miles N.-W. of Jardine Hall. In Dumfriesshire the earliest dat« 

 of the arrival of the Swallow that I know of is 26th March in 1903. 



16 Sir W. J. has here pasted in a newspaper cutting, which 

 he states is from Dumfries Courier, April, 1826. I have, however, 

 examined the files of this newspaper of that date without finding 

 it. 



1'' The Tree-Pipit : arrives late in April or early in May. 



18 The Common Sandpiper. Rather a late date for first 

 appearance; usually arrives at its nesting haunts about the third 

 week of April. 



19 Cuculus Canorus- A very late date to hear this species for 

 the first time in the year. 



20 The Martin: Chelidon Urbica. " The Martlet, or Window 

 Swallow" of Sir W. J. (Nat. Lib., 1839, vol. ix., p. 400). A late 

 date for the first arrival of this species. 



21 The Swift: Cypsehi.'^ Apus. The 9th May is the r verage 

 date for the arrival of this species. 



22 The Sedge Warbler: Acrocephalus Phragmitis. A late date 

 for first arrival. 



23 The Rock Pipit: Anthits Obscurus. Sir W. J. would meet 

 with this species on the Solway, not at Jardine Hall. 



24 " About 7 drachms " is the weight given by Rev. F. 0. 

 Morris. (Hist. Brit. Birds, 1870, vol. II., p. 149.) ' 



25 Sylvia Cinerea. A late date for first arrival. 



26 The Garden Warbler: Sylvia Hortensis. A late date for 

 the arrival of this species. 



27 Adder's Tongue. Mr R. Service wrote to me: "I saAV the 

 Adder's Tongue fern fairly plentiful at what must have been the 

 identical place in May, 1908." (In litt. 18, ix., 1909.) 



28 In Kirkcudbrightshire, 24 miles S.S.-W. of Jardine Hall: 

 one of Sir W. J.'s favourite hunting grounds, both botanical and 

 ornithological. 



29 Ulej' Europcrus. Rather early. 



30 Muscicapa Grisola. An average date for first arrival. 

 " First appearance within the last few years between 13th and 

 17th May." (J. Rutherford, in litt. 16, ix., 1909.) 



31 Lt.-Col. William Grierson. " He resided in a house in St. 

 Michael Street (Dumfries) very nearly opposite to St. Michael's 

 Church. It was a very commodious house, with a nice productive 

 and flower garden fronting to the Dock Park." . . . The 

 house "was afterwards, along with the garden, split up and sold 

 in portions." (Sir Alexander Grierson, in litt. 22 ix. 1909.) 

 Lt.-Col. Grierson, second son of Sir Robert Grierson, 5th Bart, of 



