116 NOTES ON THE BiRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
found dead in Kirkpatrick-Juxta parish: the one near Stid- 
riggs, the other near Kinnelhead, and a third is believed to 
have been seen swimming in the Earshaig burn.!8’ On 22nd 
November, 1916, a bird of this species was found dead not 
far from the foot of Queensberry (Kirkpatrick-Juxta). <A 
Little Auk was picked up exhausted, on 16th November, 
1920, near Drumlanrig (Durisdeer) and about the same date 
one was seen near Glencaple (Caerlaverock). 
The PUFFIN (p. 453). I have seen a stuffed Puffin, in 
the possession of Mr J. T. Waugh of Sanquhar, which was 
kept alive for a year, after being caught about 1908 on the 
farm of Corsebank (Kirkconnel), some thirty-three miles from 
the sea, One was sent me by Mr Jeffs from Dumfries on 27th 
May, 1913, and during the latter half of that month, after 
heavy gales, a good many Puffins were washed up dead all 
along the Solway shore. Two Puffins were caught in the 
nets at Caerlaverock in December, 1918. 
The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (p. 454). My friend, 
the late Cecil Laurie, who had often seen Great Northern 
Divers in Norway and elsewhere, was confident that he saw 
one of these birds on the Cairn below Maxwelton (Glencairn) 
early in September, 1917; this is a remarkable date for the 
appearance of this species locally. 
The GREAT CRESTED GREBE (p. 459). ‘Several 
pairs nested at the Lochmaben lochs in 1911, and I had the 
pleasure of seeing one there, on the Castle Loch, on 6th June. 
In May, 1912, upwards of forty Great Crested Grebes were 
seen on the Castle Loch (Lochmaben); but, in April, 1920, I 
have reason to fear that this stronghold of the species was 
raided, and that at least two nests were robbed. In 1g21 the 
birds were even more disturhed and, on visiting the lochs in 
Vay, I could only account for abcut six pairs. Steps have 
nov been taken which, it is sincerely hoped, will free this little 
colony from molestation in the future. 
A Great Crested Grebe was shot on Cairn Water near 
Dardarroch (Glencairn) on 28th February, 1912. Two, a 
pair, were shot at Glencaple (Caerlaverock) in January, 1920. 
187 The Scottish Naturalist, 1915, p. 95. 
