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Stonechat Cuckoo 



Wheatear Swallow 



Sedge Warbler Sand Martin 



Blackcap House Martin 



Garden Warbler Swift 



Common Whitethroat Nightjar 



Wood Warbler Golden Plover 



Willow Warbler Curlew 



Pied Wagtail Peewit 



Gray Wagtail Ringed Plover 



Tree Pipit Common Sandpiper 



Meadow Pipit Landrail 



Skylark Black-headed Gull 



Black-headed Bunting 



The Long-eared Owl is the only one of the Raptores that breeds 

 with us, and disappears during the winter months. It is by no means 

 a common bird. 



The Spotted Flycatcher is rather common, building in the neigh- 

 bourhood of houses, and also on scaurs or cliffs by the banks of the 

 Jed. It is a shy and unobtrusive bird. 



The Song Thrush and Missel Thrush both leave their summer quar- 

 ters, in this district, for a time in the depth of winter, but return with 

 the first mild weather in spring. 



Of the Sylviadae a considerable number may be reckoned as deni- 

 zens of Roxburghshire during the summer. 



The Redstart is rather a local and sparingly dispersed species. I 

 have observed it pretty frequently by the Jed, generally in the neigh- 

 bourhood of scaurs. 



The Whinchat is often met with on our moors and uplands. 



The Stonechat is very uncommon, and I have only once seen this 

 bird. 



The Wheatear is rather rare, occurring only on high grounds, where 

 there is abundance of stone-walls. 



The Sedge Warbler is abundant and widely dispersed. 



Note. — The reed warbler has not occurred to me. 



The Blackcap is rather a local species, but by no means un- 

 common. 



The Garden Warbler, though also local, is of frequent occurrence. 

 The song of this bird is delightful, and in my opinion surpasses that 

 of the blackcap, which is of a wilder character. 



The Common Whitethroat is abundant. 



