The Scottish Naturalist. 
Shore Lark. Does not seem to leave the coast, where it is 
seen frequently. 
Swiffc {Cypselus apus). A very plentiful summer guest, breed- 
ing under the thatch of the cottages in villages such as Yetholm, as 
well as under tiles where thatch is not obtainable, and in holes in- 
side church towers. I have never seen nests made entirely of 
glutinous matter, all having a much larger proportion of clean 
straw. The return migration usually takes place about the end 
of August. 
Nightjar {Caprimulgus europceus). This bird may be met with 
on most of the rough parts of the country adjoining the hills, though 
rarely on the higher hills themselves ; it comes to us in the latter 
part of May, and nests soon after its arrival. Woods or thickets 
overgrown with bracken, gorse coverts or hills covered with stunted 
heather, are its favourite resorts, but even in the cultivated parts 
it is sometimes found during summer^ an example having been 
observed at Faldonside on one occasion for a month, and others 
at Roxburgh Moor, Sunlaws, and Stichill. 
Great Spotted Woodpecker {Dendrocopus major). Often 
visits the district on migration, in some years in considerable num- 
bers. Recorded in 1868, 1886, and 1887. 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker {Dendrocopus 7ninor). An 
instance of the capture of this bird occurred at Embleton in 
Northumberland in 1845, and another at Otterburn in Redesdale 
prior to 1 88 1. 1 have never heard of others near these parts. 
Green Woodpecker {Gednus viridis). Though this species 
has been known to breed in the south of Northumberland, I 
have never known of even a supposed case in this district. 
This information may be useful in connection with the bird's 
northward range and its limit. 
Wryneck (^lynx torquilla). Though well acquainted with this 
bird in the South, I have never seen nor heard it in this country 
side. As regards its range, it used to breed regularly at Durham, 
some 30 years ago — in one spot, while Selby, in 1836, noted it 
from Twizell and Lucker in Northumberland, the latter in the 
month of September (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, i., pp. no and 259). 
(To he continued.) 
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