Notes on the Birds oj Stobo. By John Thomson. 547 



within the limits of the parish, all of which, with three exceptions, I 

 identified : — 



Common Buzzard, 



Rough-legged Buzzard, 



Merlin, 



Sparrow- Hawk, 



Kestrel, 



Barn or White Owl, 



Tawny Owl, 



Long-eared Owl, 



Grey Shrike, 



Blue Tit, 



Great Tit, 



Cole Tit, 



Long-tailed Tit, 



Spotted Flycatcher, 



Pied Flycatcher, 



Kingfisher, 



Raven, 



Carrion Crow, 



Rook, 



Jackdaw, 



Magpie, 



Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 



Whitethroat, P 



Wood Warbler, 



Willow Warbler, 



Wren, 



Goldcrest, 



Wood Pigeon, 



Pheasant, 



Black Grouse, 



Red Grouse, 



Partridge, 



Golden Plover, 



Waxwing, 



Creeper, 



Cuckoo, 



Nightjar, 



Swift, 



Chimney Swallow, 



House-Martin, 

 Sand-Mar tin, 

 Pied Wagtail, 

 Grey Wagtail, 

 Moor Pipit, 

 Tree Pipit, 

 Red-throated Pipit, 

 Skylark, 

 Corn Bunting, 

 Yellow Bunting, 

 Snow Bunting, 

 Reed Bunting, 

 Chaffinch, 

 Mountain Finch, 

 Sparrow, 



Peewit, 



Oyster- Catcher, 



Heron, 



Curlew, 



Common Sandpiper, 



Woodcock, 



Snipe, 



Jack Snipe, 



Land-Rail, 



Water-Rail, 



Moor-Hen. 



Greenfinch, 



Siskin, 



Redpole, 



Bullfinch, 



Crossbill, 



Starling, 



Water-Ousel, 



Missel Thrush, 



Mavis, 



Fieldfare, 



Redwing, 



Blackbird, 



Ring- Ouzel, 



Hedge-Sparrow, 



Robin, 



Redstart, 



Wheatear, 



Whinchat, 



Sedge Warbler, 



Blackcap, 



Garden Warbler, 



Coot, 



Teal, 



Mallard, 



Goosander, 



Little Grebe, 



Common Gull, 



Black-headedGull, 



Herring Gull, 



Wild Geese. 



I now proceed to note, briefly, some observations which I have made 

 on a number of the species above represented. Last year (1885), I com- 

 municated a notice of " The Rarer Birds of Stobo" to another Society : — 

 " The Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club " — and so shall here merely give 

 the names and dates of those noticed in that communication. 



The Common and Rough-leggud Buzzards are occasional visitants. One 

 of the former was killed on 17th September 1879, out of a band of five, which 

 had been feasting freely on Rabbits caught in traps on the hills. A number 

 of individuals, of both kinds, have from time to time been taken in the 

 district, and both seem to occur with about equal frequency in Peeblesshire. 



Of recent years the Sparrow-Hawk has decreased very perceptibly. 

 The persistent warfare maintained against it in consequence of its ravages 



