122 Notices concerning Ooenam Parish. By J. Hardy. 



For other remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of Oxnam. 

 Parish, I refer to the Statistical account by the Eev. James Wight, 

 pp. 254-255. It is notable for its richness in jasper- and 

 abates. 



9\ Zoology. 



There is nothing peculiar in the birds. The Eev. John Hunter 

 mentions the Dotterel. Woodcoch.TTater Kail. Cuckoo, and Field- 

 fare among the migrants : the Eev. James "Wight says that the 

 Kingfisher occurs : and that the grounds are amply replenished 

 vrith Black-cock and Grouse. The bean crop in 1833 was '•'irre- 

 trievably damaged " by Aphis Faba vel Humid* : and the black 

 caterpillar ' Athalia spinarum), after an interval of 30 years. 

 assailed the turnip crop in 1S36 ; ,: and. but for very careful and 

 expensive picking by hand, would have entirely consumed it." 



With regard to the existence of the Badger, Mr Sinison 

 writing in 1SS2 says : ,: It is 10 years since I captured a Badger 

 in Oxnam Water on my hill. I have his skin in the house here.*' 



Nothing positive is known about either the Fauna or the Flora 

 of the upper portion of Kale "Water, including the Hindhopes and 

 the adjacent Cheviot Eidge on either side. 



10\ BntiAL Place of the ErTHEBFOErs of Hfxthill. 



The traditional belief at Oxnam is that the Eutherfords of 

 Hunthill. see p. 30 *upra. had their burial lairs there ; and on the 

 Club- was pointed out in the church-yard. 



There are no tombstones to mark ir. but there are the memorial 

 stones of a recent family of the surname in proximity to the 

 ground. As Hunthill is not in the parish. I had my doubts on 

 the subject, and asked Mr Laidlaw to examine the stones in Jed- 

 burgh Abbey, but there were no inscriptions to testify to the fact 

 of any of them being laid within its precincts. However, on 

 referring to some Extracts from the Zurmiments of Eutherford of 

 Edgarston. given in the i; Pedigree of the Eutherfords." he found 

 that the Hunthill family were entitled to a burial place in the 

 Abbey. They also claimed a seat in the loft of the church 

 within the Abl ' 



Bundle XII.. p. S6. '• Minutes of Proceedings before the 

 Archbishop of Glasgow, and signed, anent a Petition of the 



