NoreES ON THE Brrps OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 61 
doubt that, if left in peace, this species would become numer- 
ous but the fact that it is an inveterate egg-stealer is 
sufficient to seal its doom. 
The JACKDAW (p. 116). Mr George H. Robson in- 
forms me that he shot a pied Jackdaw in 1904, near Dum- 
fries, and he kindly sent me one, obtained on 22nd October, 
1910, which had five white primaries in each wing. A pied 
specimen, a bird of the year, was shot on gth December, 
1911, near Shearington (Caerlaverock) and is now in my 
collection; another with white feathers in each wing was 
sent me by Mr George H. Robson, from Dumfries, on 16th 
May, 1912. 
The usual nesting place is in a hole of some kind but 
occasionally a nest may be found in a young fir tree from 
fifteen to twenty feet high: in such cases huge edifices are 
often made and at times two or three nests may be seen in 
the same tree. 
A jJackdaw’s nest, taken out of a chimney at Murray 
House, Langholm, in 1922, contained twenty-nine clothes 
peg's. 1162 
The RAVEN (p. 117). Nested as usual at Glenwhargen 
(Penpont) in 1912, but I am told that they did not do so in 
1913. They bred there in 1919, but not in 1920, though I 
often saw individual birds that summer and, on 12th October, 
I watched a Raven for some time being mobbed by a pair 
of Carrion Crows near Chanlock (Penpont). They nested at 
Glenwhargen (Penpont) in 1921 and 1922. 
The Ravens at Craighoar (Kirkpatrick-Juxta) deserted 
their nest in 1912; in 1913 they reared a brood but in 
February, 1916, were driven away by a pair of Peregrines 
before they laid any eggs. 
In 1921 I knew of a nest, in Kirkconnel parish, in a tree. 
From the various reports that I have received there would 
still seem to be some twelve to sixteen sites within the limits 
of the county which are visited annually for nesting purposes. 
116a Dumfries and Galloway Courier and Herald, 6th May, 1922. 
