THE 



IRDS OF BERWICKSHIRE 



WITH KEMAEKS ON THEIR LOCAL DISTEIBUTION 



MIGRATION, AND HABITS, AND ALSO ON THE 



FOLK-LORE, PROVERBS, POPULAR RHYMES 



AND SAYINGS CONNECTED WITH THEM 



BY 



GEORGE MUIRHEAD, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. 



MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, MEMBER OF 

 THE BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB, ETC. 



IN TWO VOLUMES 





No tnore the screaming bittern, bellowing harsh. 

 To its dark bottom shakes the shuddering marsh. 



VOL. I. 



EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS 



1889 



