72 NOTES ON THE BirDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
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‘‘ Bullfit ’? is given, by the late James Shaw, as “a 
local name for either this species or the House Martin.’ 
The NIGHTJAR (p. 152). Was first seen in 1913, at 
Lann (Tynron), on r1th May; and in 1915, on 1oth May, 
near Thornhill (Morton) : these are somewhat early dates for 
the arrival of the species locally. The crepuscular habits of 
the Nightjar do not favour its ready observation but it is 
not uncommon, though of local distribution, in the county 
and its nest is not infrequently found when cutting bracken on 
the moors. 
In 1922 I found a nest on Capenoch Moor containing two 
newly hatched Nightjars on 14th August : this is an unusually 
late date. 
The BRITISH GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER 
(p. 157). I have heard this bird called the Black and White 
Spotted Woodpecker and the Black and White Woodpecker. 
Individuals were seen in the autumn and winter of 1910 at 
Carnsalloch (Kirkmahoe) and Auchengibbert | Wood 
(Tynron). In the spring of rg11 it was reported to me from 
Carnsalloch (Kirkmahoe), Closeburn Hall (Closeburn), 
Denbie (Dalton), Raehills (Johnstone), Capenoch (Keir), and 
Auchengibbert Wood (Tynron) where they nested in the 
same decaying tree as in 1910. In 1912 it was reported from 
Closeburn, Hoddom, and Capenoch. In the spring of 1913 
the Spotted Woodpecker was heard at Denbie (Lockerbie) 
but it is not known to have nested there. In May, 1g14, it 
was heard and seen at Capenoch; and on 12th july, 1914, 
was seen for the first time at Newtonairds (Holywood). It 
nested at Lann (Tynron) in 1916 and a bird was seen near 
Chanlock (Penpont) on 12th November, 1918. It nested 
near Ruthwell in 1919 and was seen again near Chanlock 
on 19th January, 1920. In May, 1920, the Woodpecker was 
often heard at Capenoch and a male was unfortunately shot 
there on 30th June. The species is now firmly established in 
the county and, from the various reports with which I have 
121 Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural 
History and Antiquarian Society, 1893-4, p. 144. 
