60 NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
1912. Three were seen at Capenoch (Keir) on 26th October, 
1912; they stayed throughout the winter and one was un- 
fortunately trapped but the remaining pair were seen, on 
and off, till March, 1913; another was trapped at Clark Hill 
(Keir) on 17th May, 1913. A pair were seen at Drumlanrig 
(Durisdeer) in the spring of 1918. The Jay in 1919 is re- 
ported from Glencaple (Caerlaverock) as ‘‘ now as common 
as it was scarce some years ago: it is to be seen and heard 
in every wood.”’!46 On 28th October, 1920, I saw a single 
Jay near Capenoch but, as far as I know, it was never seen 
again. Jays were reported to me in 1920 as being in Close- 
burn parish and two pairs were seen near Duncow 
(Kirkmahoe) where, early in 1921, there was still a pair. 
In 1921 I heard of three or more pairs near Hoddom, two 
pairs at Newlands (Kirkmahoe) and the species was 
described as nesting annually in Ruthwell parish and “as 
becoming a pest ’’ near Kinmount (Cummertrees). On 24th 
July, 1922, I saw five Jays, apparently a brood which had 
been hatched in the vicinity, near Capenoch: about the same 
time I also heard of others having been seen in different parts 
of Upper Nithsdale, and on 14th November, 1922, I saw one 
at Maxwelton (Glencairn). 
It is worth mentioning that across the Nith, at New- 
abbey, Jays are so firmly established that seventeen were 
killed in a single day’s covert shooting in October, 1919. 
The MAGPIE (p. 114). A pair were seen near Morton 
Mains (Morton) on roth June, 1912, by Mr A. O. Curle. The 
species undoubtedly enjoyed a rest from persecution during 
the war and increased proportionately. Several were seen 
in Glencairn in 1914, and they had become so numerous in 
1915-16 that energetic and successful measures were taken 
for their suppression. A pair nested in a thorn bush, on 
Penfillan Moor (Keir) in 1919, but both were shot. In the 
autumn of 1919 I frequently saw Magpies not far from 
Capenoch but in the spring of 1920 the vigilant gamekeepers 
had disposed of most of them, though a pair was seen near 
the Clone (Tynron) on 31st January, 1921. There can be no 
116 Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 8th January, 1919, 
