36 A Naturalist's Calendar. 



Dotterel (Charadrius Iliaticola)" of Sir W. J. (Nat. Lib., 1842, 

 Vol. xii., p. 299.) " Ringed Plover are usually very conservative 

 in returning to their breeding-haunts, where they may be lookol 

 for from April 17th to 23rd." (Birds of Dumfriessliire, p. 365.) 



169 Vespertilio Pipidrdlus. An average date. 



I'^O Probably the Tawny Owl: Syrnium Aluco. 



I'^l Giant's Colt's foot, or Butterbur : Petasitis Vidgaris. ^.n 

 average date. 



172 Dog Violet. An average date. 



173 Plum: I'runus Domesiica. Cult, var., early. 

 l'^4 Cerasus Vidijaris. Cult, var., early. 



I'^S ? JEttbes Fiindafum : the dotted leaved Black Currant. 

 Rather early. 



l'^6 ? Populus Bahamifera var. Candicans. 

 l'^7 Acer Plata noides. 



178 " A familiar observation in April evenings when clear. 

 These are then going E. high in air, heading for Summer home." 

 (R. Service, in litt. 28, ix. 1909.) 



179 Edinburgh Observer, No. 839, of Tuesday, April 21st, 1829. 



180 Kelly House is 85 miles N.-W. of Jardine Hall, in the 

 Parish of Inverkip, Renfrewshire. The lands of Kelly were 

 acquired from James III. prior to 1488 by a family of the name of 

 Bannatyne, descended from the Bannatynes of Kamee, Bute ; they 

 held it till 1792, when John Wallace acquired it. He built Kelly 

 House in 1793, and Robert Wallace was the occupier in 1830. The 

 latter was M.P. for Greenock 1831-1846, and was one of the cham- 

 pions, with Sir RoAvland Hill, of penny postage. About 1890 the 

 house was re-built by Mr Alexander Stephen, shipbuilder. Lint- 

 house, at a cost of £30,000. It may be added that on 5th December, 

 1913, the house Avae totally destroyed by fire, which is believed to 

 have been the Avork of Suffragettes. (Daily Mail, 6, xii., 1913.) 



181 Woodcock are now (1911) " protected " between February 

 Lst and October 1st, both dates exclusive, in Dumfriesshire. (See 

 Note 4.) 



182 The names of the Lochmaben Lochs are : (1) Castle Loch ; (2) 

 Kirk Loch; (3) Broomhill, or Halleaths Loch, drained away in 

 1906 ; (4) Mill Loch ; (5) Ure Loch ; (6) Hightae Loch ; (7) Blind 

 Lochs, now mere tarns and not worth mentioning. (See Note 98.) 



183 Fieldfares would appear nowadays (1910) to often remain 

 later with us than in Sir W. J.'s time. " It has been a not un- 

 common event during the last thirty years, and one that draws the 

 attention of the most casual natural history observer." (R. Ser- 

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



184 Twiz/ell House, in Northumberland. 60 miles N.-E. of Jar- 

 dine Hall. The residence in 1829 of Sir W. J.'s friend, correspon- 

 dent, and collaborator, Prideaux John Selby. 



185 " The various items recorded in the ' Callendar ' for May 

 3rd show clearly that a ' migration rush ' was occurring, but such 



