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Eecord of Migration and Occurrence of Birds on the 

 Borders in the order of their Dates for 1880. By 

 James Hardy. 



In drawing up tlie following Eeport, my own remarks have 

 been supplemented, as indicated by their initials, principally from 

 the communications of Mr John Aitchison, Belford ; Mr George 

 Bolam, Berwick ; Mr T. H. GUbb, Alnwick ; Eev. J. F. Bigge, 

 Stamfordham ; Dr. Charles Stuart, Chirnside ; Mr Robert Eenton, 

 Fans by Earlstoun, and others whose names are appended ; as 

 well as from the scattered intimations in the local newspapers, 

 so far as I have access to them, which have for the most part been 

 here arranged for future reference. This paper is only a branch 

 of the larger inquiry prosecuted by Messrs Harvie-Brown and 

 Cordeaux for the British Association of Science. 



Pesegeinb Falcon {Falco peregrinus). — Jan. 14th, 1880, a 

 Peregrine Falcon was trapped by the keeper at Edington. Ob- 

 serving a wood-pigeon newly killed near the place where the 

 young pheasants were reared, he set a trap near the dead bird, 

 and secured the very fine specimen, which was caught by a talon. 

 It was a young bird. — Dr. Stuart. May lOth, 1879, an adult 

 female engaged in preying on wood-pigeons was shot near Leit- 

 holm; and on Jan. I5th, 1880, a young male was shot in 

 Hendersyde Park, near Kelso. — A. Brotherston. In the first 

 week of December, a young female about six months old was 

 shot by George Brown, farm-steward at Berrington Law, about 

 three miles north of Lowick. It was a remarkably fine speci- 

 men, and weighed very heavy, turning the scales to 2ilb8. Its 

 length from the beak to the tip of the tail was 19| inches, and 

 the expanse of its wings 4 5^ inches. It was purchased for the 

 Berwick Museum {Berwick Advertiser, Dec. 10th). In the at- 

 tempt to record it, it was converted into two species. On the 

 Berwickshire coast the Peregrine built this year at Lumsdean, 

 having nested at Fastcastle in the previous year. It was seen 

 there June 17th. On Sept. 17th, 18th, 21st, and 24th, a female 

 was watching the pigeons that frequent the rocks and caverns 

 between Siccar and Greenheugh, Oldcambus ; and on Dec. 17th 

 it was there again. On the fiirst occasion the martins and rock- 

 pipits were attempting to mob it. 



Stabling {Stv/rnus vulgaris). — Began to arrive in flocks at 

 Fans, in the inland part of Berwickshire, Jan. 22nd. — B> B. 



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