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regarding its resorts in the various parishes of the county 

 have been collected by me, and I take this opportunity of 

 tendering my thanks to the correspondents and others who 

 have so kindly supplied me with the information which 

 they contain. Much of it was obtained in the shape of 

 answers to circulars containing queries about the bird, sent 

 by me to upwards of three hundred farmers in every part 

 of Berwickshire; while I am indebted to my friend Mr. 

 Hardy for a large proportion of the remainder. 



PARISH. 



Source of infor- 

 mation, and date 

 when obtained. 



NOTES. 



Abbey St. 

 Bathans. 



Mr. George Cock- 

 burn, White- 

 burn, 4th Oct. 

 1886. 



John B. Boyd, 

 Esq. of Cherry- 

 trees, llth Oct. 

 1882. 



James Hardy, 

 Esq., Oldcam- 

 bus, 1886. 



J. Wilson, Esq. 

 of Welnage, 

 4th May 1886. 



John Turnbull, 

 Esq. of Abbey 

 St. Bathans, 

 1886. 



Mr. James Shiel, 

 gamekeeper at 

 Abbey St. 

 Bathans, 12th 

 Oct. 1886. 



They come about the 15th of May, and do 

 not stay later than the end of that month. 

 Not more than ten in a flock. 



Used to shoot numbers at Abbey St. Bathans 

 about thirty years ago. 



1856. -A late tenant of Shannobank said they 

 were formerly much more numerous about 

 the place than now. People used to come 

 from a distance to shoot them there. 

 They were very foolish. If you shot one 

 you might have the whole flock, as they 

 wheeled round and round and alighted 

 near where they lost their companion. 



A Mr. Anderson, who used to live at Cock- 

 burn, was in the habit of shooting them 

 either at Blackerston or Quixwood about 

 thirty years ago. 



Used to shoot them on Shannobank and 

 Godscroft many years ago. They were 

 not known to cross the Whitadder, but 

 kept always on the north side of that 

 stream. 



None come to Abbey St. Bathans estate 

 now. 



