Notes ON THE BirDS oF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 51 
in 1922 several Waxwings were seen near Langholm and 
a flock of seven on oth January, 1922.°9 
The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (p. 58). It is interest- 
ing to note that Sir William Jardine in a letter, dated 1845, 
to an English correspondent, comments on the comparative 
rarity of this species in Scotland at that date. At a meeting 
b) 
of the ‘‘ Thornhili Society of Enquiry ’’ on 12th August, 
1874, ‘‘ Mr Robert Brown mentioned that he had met with 
the Spotted Flycatcher several times near Thornhill. 
it is a bird that is generally rare in Scotland.’’% In the 
following year, at a meeting of the same Society, Mr John 
Corrie stated ‘‘ he had been fortunate in finding a nest of the 
Spotted Flycatcher . . - in the parish of Tynron: this 
bird is but rarely met with in the district.’’*! The species is 
now a common summer-visitant to Dumfriesshire and in 
1919 was first seen at Capenoch on 12th May, a rather early 
date. 
A newly-flown albino Spotted Flycatcher with pale- 
coloured legs and beak, and with pink eyes, was captured in 
Dumfries on 17th July, 1919; it died after being kept in a 
cage for three days and was then sent to me for identilica- 
tion. 
The PIED FLYCATCHER (p. 59). In June, 1906, my 
friend, Mr Digby Legard, and I were engaged in taking a 
series of photographs of Pied Flycatchers on Shinnel Water 
near Bennan (Tynron). On 22nd June we were surprised to 
find three birds in attendance on one brood, and the follow- 
ing is an extract from my note-book :—‘‘ The female we 
had at first noticed had but little white on her wings and, 
while she was on the nest, we saw her conspicuouslv-coloured 
mate perched up aloft. To our astonishment a third bird 
then visited the nesting-hole and I was able to take a photo- 
graph.” ‘The plumage of this tertiwm quid appeared some- 
what darker and more contrasted than the female’s, but not 
89 The Shooting Times, 28th January, 1922, p. 15. 
90 Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 15th August, 1874. 
91 Op. cit., 17th July, 1875. 
92 See illustration facing this page. 
