168 Rooks and Rooheries. By James Small. 



EOOKERIES 

 Mr John Archibald, Cockburn, 

 wrote that he in the breeding 

 season, kept down the number 

 of rooks largely at Duns Castle, 

 by sending men along the sides 

 of the rookery after dark with 

 fowling peices which they fired. 

 A large number of the birds fled 

 altogether. 

 Birkhillside, by cutting down the 



trees. 

 Part of Marchmont, by cutting 

 down the trees, and burning 

 fires in the rookery. 



DESTROYED. 



Ninewells was formerly a large 

 rookery, but was totally 

 destroyed many years ago ; 

 but of late years rooks have 

 begun to build on the tall trees 

 near the mansion. Rooks 

 almost never return to a for- 

 saken rookery. 

 Oarlside rookery was destroyed 

 in 1870 by having the nests torn 

 down in the breeding season, 

 and having guns fired in the 

 wood from dawn to sunset 

 during several weeks. 



ROOKERIES IN WHICH ROOKS RESIDE IN "WINTER. 

 Dunglass. 



Duns Castle, near Milburn. 

 Mellerstain. 

 Marchmont. 



Edgerhope, near Lauder. 



Spottiswoode. 



Milne Graden. 



NORTHUMBEELAND. 

 Major Fair, Over Wells, who knows all Eoxburglisliire and 

 nearly all Northumberland, has sent me in a list of sixty two 

 rookeries for the two counties ; and I shall give those for this 

 county in the order in which he has put them : — 



Carham, Tweedside, very large. 

 Catcleugh, Reed Water, small. 

 Cottonshopeburnf oot, do. medium 

 Callaly, large. 



EUingham, very large. 

 Eslington, large. 

 Shawdon, large. 

 Felton, large. 



GLENDALE AND EAST OP WOOLER. 



Kirknewton (2), large. 

 Yeavering, large. 

 Akeld, medium. 

 Akeld Steads, large. 

 Humbleton (2), medium. 

 Lanton, small. 

 Sandyhouse, small. 

 Milfield hill, small. 

 Ford, large. 

 Etal, large. 



End of Major Fair's list. 



Kyloe, very large. 



Paston, large. 



Trickley Wood, very large. 



Doddington, small. 



Lilburn, once large, but now 

 greatly reduced by the nests 

 having been pulled down. 



Eoddam, large. 



Earle, small. 



Flotterton, on Coquet. 



Morwick. 



Widdrington, large. 



Hauxley, moderate. 



Cheswick, small. 



Hanging Braes, fair size. 



Lowlynn, Beal, very large. 



There are also two small rook- 

 eries, names unknown, on the 

 roadside between Kirknewton 



and Cornhill ; and another 



small one near the Hanging 



Braes, name unknown 

 Hderton Haugh, 100 nests, lately 



established. 

 Hedgeley, small. 

 South Middleton, very small. 

 Red Hall. 

 White Hall. 

 Little Benton, large. 



