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Swallows at onstead ; Sedge Warblers in the willow-scrub on tbe Red- 

 hengh, Dowlaw, and Lumsdean mosses ; Heron flew out of the moss ; pair 

 of Stonechats at Dowlaw moss ; and on two other fui'zy spots on the moors. 

 Pipits thinly spread along the bog edges ; Larks were not scarce. 4 Black- 

 headed Gulls nest in Lumsdean moss; and 5 or 6 Curlews frequent 

 the adjacent heath; 4- Wild Ducks; and 2 smaller Grey Ducks — with 

 bullet-like heads and white patches on the wings — frequent this moss ; 

 and the Sedge Warblers were in every willow thicket ; and there were a 

 few Reed Buntings also. Grey Linnets build in the thickets of furze on 

 the rocky ridges of the Lumsdean leas ; Cuckoo heard ; 4 Whinchats near 

 Lowrie's Knowes (Dowlaw) on a grassy and whinny dry and rocky ground, 

 sloping to a bog, the males singing a constant song ; then other 3 were 

 seen on Redheugh Hill, one male singing very sweetly ; appeared to be 

 shifting ground; still nearer Oldcambus a Whinchat was crossing a 

 ploughed field passing inland — these were probably all new-comers. At 

 Dowlaw-dean, while two masons were building a dyke, 2 Cuckoos alighted 

 on the string they used for guidance in their work, and had a fight 

 together. May 18, 2 male Wheatears, migrating across cultivated ground, 

 flew up and perched in an ash tree ; Sedge Warblers in the hedges. About 

 a dozen Martins settled at Swallow Craig. Swallows at onstead. May 20, 

 2 Sedge Warblers ; one hovered in the air, and then perched and sang. 

 On the 21st they were pretty well inland ; and Martins were collecting 

 clay for nesting. May 22, Wood Wrens in four diSierent localities in Pease- 

 dean woods ; and Blackcaps in four localities ; but there were no Sedge 

 Warblers there. Spotted Flycatcher had arrived at a planting border at 

 5 o'clock p.m. ; departed before next day. May 23, Stonechats breeding 

 in dean. May 24, Blackcaps singing ; female Redstart ; Swift seen with 

 other Swallows. May 25, More Sedge Warblers arrived. Martins are 

 much augmented in numbers ; from 40 to 50 on the coast ; many of them 

 engaged in carrying clay to nests ; again thus employed on 26th. May 

 29, Sedge Warbler in Tower dean, only one. May 30, Same nesting at 

 Oldcambus ; Martins continue numerous. May 31, Corn Bunting near 

 Cockburnspath Station ; Swifts plentiful at East Linton. 



June. 

 June 2, Swifts at Cockburnspath. June 14, Jackdaws carry out dead 

 young and drop them. Carrion Crows fly off with young chickens at 

 Pease mill, pouncing on them early in the morning. June 21, Young 

 Jackdaws have flown. June 22, Curlews on coast for first time. Grey 

 Linnets numerous in dean. 



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July 8, 3 Curlews and 1 old Black-headed Gull on coast. July 11, 

 Visited Skippath and Fairy Castle deans above Oldhamstocks ; Pied 

 Wagtails on the gravel above Oldhamstocks as far as the Fairy Castle ; 

 Chaffinches old and young were particularly numerous by the stream-side, 

 as if in search of food. These upper glens are great summer breeding 

 places for these birds. Grey Linnet seen. A breeding place probably 

 near Ewieside Hill is one of its resorts. Great numbers of the Sand or 



