XVI NOTES ON THE FAUNA OF CLYDESDALE. 



From some of the remarks in the foregoing list it will le observed 

 that notwithstanding the extraordinary extension of the city and its 

 suburbs, many birds still refuse, so to speak, to be scared by the 

 inroads that have been made upon their haunts during the last 

 thirty years. Of these the Magpie, Dipper, King-fisher, Plover, 

 Dunlin, Greenshank, Bittern, Redshank, Lapwing, and Water-rail 

 are familiar examples. With the exception of the Bittern, indeed, 

 all are found nesting within full view of the murky clouds that hang 

 over the city, and in most instances within hearing of noisy ham- 

 mers. No one need doubt, however, that in other thirty years these 

 haunts will be for ever deserted ; and while for the present this list 

 may be of interest to Ornithologists as showing the strong attachment 

 of some birds to certain localities, it will prove not a less curious 

 record in after-years when all traces of such bird-nurseries have 

 been swept away. 



ROBERT GRAY. 



