NOTES ON THE BirDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. fel 
Nests in 
Parish and Place. 1908. 1921. 
TUNDERGARTH Setar 
Grange ie ae . 50 1207130 
North Burn A Ae some 0 
West Wood ae BS 60 0 
Dixons a ate es 0 54 
Cudseroft .. me ae 0 250 
320 774/784 
TYNRON Ms td wat 0 0 
WAMPHRA Y— 
Milnehouse 300 125 
Near Wamphray Bly. Station 10 0 
Girthhead 150 150 
Shawwood, Fingland : 20 49 
480 324 
WESTERKIRK— 
Westerhall a cS some 0 
Douglan Bank .. ee some 0 
Burnfoot .. mie oy 50 0 
Kemra Bank es ne 30 0 
Glendinning &b ate 0 8/10 
80 8/10 
From the above figures it will be seen that in 1908 there 
were upwards of 16,488 to 17,555 Rooks’ nests in Dum- 
friesshire, as compared with 15,503 to 15,999 in 1921. I 
have already pointed out that I think these figures may be 
taken as a minimum rather than a maximum but, in any 
case, it appears that, within the last thirteen years, there has 
been a decrease in our local Rook population. 
The SWIFT (p. 151). Arrived at Capenoch in 1912, on 
5th May; in 1913, on ist May; in 1914, on 25th April; in 
1918, on 10th May; in 1920 and 1921, on ist May; and in 
1922, on 7th May: prior to 1914 the 3rd of May was the 
earliest date I had recorded for the arrival of this species in the 
county. Individuals were last seen in 1911, on 13th August; 
in 1912, on 11th August; in 1913, on 8th August; in 1918, on 
1oth August; in 1919, on 6th August; in 1920, on 12th 
August; in 1921, on 18th August (the latest date on which ! 
have ever seen the species at Capenoch); and in 1922, on 13th 
August. The numbers that nest under the roof of my home 
have, since 1910, only varied annually from six to eight pairs. 
