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certainty. The outbreaks of the vole-plague in 1874-1876 
and 1891-1893, attracted Short-eared Owls in veritable 
hordes, while Buzzards and Rough-legged Buzzards were 
similarly drawn to our uplands in unwonted numbers. 
Winters of arctic severity bring with them such species as 
the Waxwing, Mealy Redpoll and Smew ; and, possibly 
tempted by unusually warm and genial summers, the 
Hoopoe, Quail and Turtle-Dove, at long intervals, visit 
Dumfriesshire. Tempestuous weather and wild gales from 
the west drive before them species such as the Grey 
Phalarope, Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel, and Little Auk to 
our coast. 
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