34 A Naturalist's Calendar. 



masse, probably going to Northern European haunts." (R. Ser» 

 vice, in litt. 28, ix. 1909.) 



136 ^^almo Fario. " It depends on the season. If an early 

 season, it is quite likely that for half-an-hour, or an hour, on a. 

 sunny day with fly hatching out they would feed greedily. 

 Whether they would be in good condition or not, is another ques- 

 tion." (P. A. Pasley-Dirom, in litt. 7, ix. 1909.) The close-time 

 for Burn-Trout on the River Annan is now (1910) November 16th 

 to February 24th. 



137 " Cod-bait, cad-bait, or cadis-bait," vide The Art of 

 Angling by Thomas Best (eleventh ed., 1822, p. 23). "Cod-bait may 

 probably be the little bottom fish known locally as ' Bairdie,' but 

 I never heard the name 'Cod-bait' before. 'Bairdie,' i.e.. The 

 hoach. = Ncmachilus Barbatulus, so called from the barbules on the 

 chin." (R. Service, in litt. 11, x. 1909.) 



138 The House Sparrow: Passer Domesticus. Early. 



139 Esox Lucius. Early. 



140 The young of Salmo Salar. Early. 



141 Bona Temporaria. An early date. 



142 Common Colt's foot. A somewhat early date. 



143 MotaciUa Melanope. They do not pair till about a Aveek or 

 ten days later. 



144 From about 1000 to 2500 ft. 30 to 40 miles S.S.-E. of 

 Jardine Hall. 



145 Still (1910) a noted salmon and sea-trout pool in the Annan. 



146 Salmo Trutta. " We have never caught sea-trout in the 

 R. Annan before April (Rod and Line), except Kelts : though onoe 

 on 29th February, I forget which year, after I had returned a 

 eea-trout to the river, I became almost certain it was a new-run 

 one ; but it was too late then to make sure. ... I have seen 

 a villager who said he got a fresh-run sea-trout on 25th February 

 one year when some of the villagers had leave to use a Rake-net." 

 (P. A. Pasley-Dirom, in litt. 7, ix. 1909.) 



•147 " The legal period for making Muirburn or for setting fire 

 to any Heath or Muir in Scotland, is now (1910) from 1st Novem- 

 ber to 11th April, but Proprietors of wet lands in their own occu- 

 pation may burn heath between 11th and 25th April, or may 

 authorise their Tenants of such wet lands to do so, provided that 

 the Writing authorising such burning, when the lands are in the 

 occupation of Tenants, shall, previous to such burning, have been 

 recorded in the Sheriff Court Books of the County within which 

 such lands are situated. The above Provisions are enacted in Sec- 

 tions 4, 6, and 7 of The Game (Scotland) Act, 1772." (13 Geo. III., 

 Cap. 54.) 



148 Acrrdula Covdata liosea. I am not aware of the occurrence 

 of the Continental form, Aci-edula Caudata Europosa, in Dumfries- 

 shire. 



149 Ardea Cinerea. 



