BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
initiation on November 20th, 1862. A corre- 
spondent of A. G. Moore (" Distribution of Birds in 
Great Britain during the Nesting Season." Ibis, 
1865, pp. 119-142 and 425-458). A contributor to 
Notes for Naturalists, and The Naturalist. To him we 
owe the first record of the Blue- winged Teal in Europe 
(Naturalist, 1858, vol. viii., p. 168). He died 1890. 
Gray, Robert, b. at Dunbar, August 15th, 1825. Son of 
Archibald Gray, Merchant. Educated at the parish 
school. In 1840 he became an apprentice in the 
British Linen Company's Bank at Dunbar. Five 
years later he went to Glasgow, where he entered 
the City of Glasgow Bank. There he attained the 
position of travelling inspector. Always a keen 
naturahst, he had in this capacity many opportunities 
for making the acquaintance of ornithological corre- 
spondents in various centres in the West of Scotland. 
In Dumfries, his two principal were George Kirk- 
patrick and Thomas Corrie. He was elected a 
corresponding member of the Dumfriesshire and 
Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society 
on December 4th, 1862. In 1869 he, with Thomas 
Anderson, pubhshed The Birds of Ayrshire and 
Wigtownshire ; and in 1871, The Birds of the West of 
Scotland. He was one of the founders of the Natural 
History Society of Glasgow in 1851 (Secretary 1858 
to 1871). In 1874 he entered the Bank of Scotland 
at Edinburgh, and became cashier in 1882, which 
appointment he held till his death. In 1877 he 
accepted the secretaryship of the Royal Physical 
Society of Edinburgh, and by his energy restored 
that society to useful activity. In 1882 he was 
elected Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edin- 
burgh. He died February 18th, 1887. Robert 
Gray cannot strictly be considered " an Ornithologist 
of Dumfriesshire," but from the numerous references 
to our local Avifauna in his works above quoted, 
there is abundant proof that he was acquainted with 
the bird-life of Dumfriesshire ; the inclusion, there- 
fore, of this short biography would seem justifiable. 
