62 NOTES ON THE BirDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
The CARRION CROW (p. 120). On 22nd May, 19109, 
one of my gamekeepers found a Carrion Crow’s nest near 
the Aird Loch (Tynron), containing two young ones, and 
shot an old bird. On 24th May he sent his assistant to wait 
near the nest and during the evening he shot three oid birds. 
On ist June the gamekeeper again visited the nest, found 
one young bird dead in the nest, the other almost ready to 
fly and shot a fifth old bird: this is one of the most remark- 
able instances of the provision of foster parents which has 
come to my notice.17 
The HOODED CROW (p. 122). One, a female, which 
I shot at Auchenhessnane (Tynron) on 8th December, 1910, 
was the first that had been seen in the parish. Hooded 
Crows, though not infrequently met with on our littoral in 
autumn and winter, do not seem to be becoming more 
common inland though I occasionally see individuals when 
out shooting. 
The ROOK (p. 124). An albino, a bird of the year, was 
shot near Lockerbie House (Dryfesdale) on 15th May, 1911, 
and a piebald Rook was seen near Dumfries in May, 1912. 
On 15th May, 1920, I saw a bird with white wings near San- 
quhar : it was subsequently seen more than once in the neigh- 
bourhood, and I am told that it nested at Littlemark 
(Sanquhar) in May, 1921. A ‘“‘ brown Craw ’’ was reported 
to me as seen near Thornhill (Morton) in the spring of 1921 
and again in 1922. 
In March, 1921, a pair of Rooks (not Jackdaws as 
originally reported)!!® made their nest on the vane which sur- 
mounts the spire of St. John’s Church, Dumfries, and duly 
reared their brood: the spire is 128 feet from the ground.!® 
In 1911, when going through a quantity of letters to Sir 
William Jardine, I came across the following references to 
Rooks which I should certainly have utilized in my book on 
117 The Scottish Naturalist, 1919, p. 166. 
118 Dumfries and Galloway Courier and Herald, 19th Mareh, 
1921, 
119 See illustration facing p. 56. 
