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NOTES ON SOME OF THE BIRDS OCCURRING IN 

 THE SOLWAY DISTRICT. 



By J. J. ARMISTEAD, 



Solway Fishery, D7im fries, N.B. 



(Continued from the Naturalist for 1&85, page 298.) 



Wren. Troglodytes parvulus. 



Common. 

 Swallow. Hirundo rustica. 



Common. 

 Martin. Chelidon urbica. 



Common. 

 Sand Martin. Cotile riparia. 



Common in suitable localities. 

 Creeper. Certhia familiaris. 



Not uncommon in some places, breeding annually. 

 Linnet. Linota cannabina. 



Common. 

 Lesser Redpoll. Linota rufescens. 



Not uncommon. 

 Mountain Linnet. Linota flavirostris. 



This bird has not come much under my notice, but is 

 probably not uncommon in suitable localities. 

 Bullfinch. Pyrrhula europsea. 



Occurs sparingly on both sides of the Solway. 

 Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra. 



As far as I have observed, this bird is only a winter visitor, 

 occurring during some winters only at irregular intervals, and 

 when it does occur frequenting pine woods. 

 Starling. Sturnus vulgaris. 



Plentiful in some cultivated districts. 

 Chough. Pyrrhocorax graculus. 



I have never seen this bird in the district, but am led to 

 include it, as it is one that I have watched very closely for. Old 

 inhabitants have given me undoubted evidence of its formerly 

 breeding in our cliffs, but of late years the Jackdaws (C. 

 moneduld) inhabiting the same cliffs have become much more 

 numerous, and I have reason to fear they have driven it away. 

 It certainly has not been persecuted by man. 

 Jay. Garrulus glandarius. 



Extinct in many places where it is said to have bred formerly, 

 and very rare throughout the district, though it is still to be 

 found in one or two localities. 



March 1886. 



