XIV BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
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The American Blue- winged Teal {Q^erquedula discors) 
obtained in Upper Nithsdale in 1858. (By permission 
of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh) . . . • 277 
Nest and Eggs of the Tufted Duck (i?'w%wZa cr*5toto). (From 
a photograph by Mr. D. Legard) 285 
Greyhen {Tetrao tetrix) on the Nest. (From a photograph by 
the Author) 
Nest and Eggs of the Golden Plover {Charadrius pluvialis). 
(From a photograph by Mr. D. Legard) 368 
The Black-winged Stilt {Himantopus candidus). From 
Sibbald, Scotia Illustrata (1684), Tab. XI., Fig. 1. 
Drawn from the actual specimen " shot ... at a 
lake near the town of Dumfries." (From a photograph 
by Mr. G. B. Wright) 378 
Snipe {Gallinago codestis) on the Nest. (From a photograph 
by the Author) 
Nest and Eggs of the Common Sandpiper {Totanus hypo- 
Uncus). (From a photograph by Mr. D. Legard) . . 405 
The Whiskered Tern {Hydrochelidon hybrida) shot near Friar's 
Carse (Holywood) on May 28th, 1894. (By permission 
of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edmburgh) . . . . 423 
Nesting-colony of the Black-headed Gull {Larus ridibundus). 
(From a photograph by Mr. D. Legard) 431 
Map of Diunfriesshire 
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