NUMBER OF SPECIES. 
Under their respective titles I have enumerated 218 species 
as having occurred in the county, not including some 
thirty-nine others, which have either been introduced or 
whose occurrence is doubtful, such being placed between 
square brackets. 
The birds of Dumfriesshire may be classified roughly as : — 
Kesidents {see qualifying remarks, p. lxxx). . 
70 
Summer-visitants 
31 
Winter- visitants 
31 
Occasional visitors 
30 
Very rare or accidental visitors 
56 
[Introduced species] . . 
[10] 
[Of doubtful occurrence] 
[29] 
218 [39] 
The status of each species has been fully dealt with in 
the subsequent pages, so that only a very brief review 
seems here necessary. The local histories of the Starling 
and Stock-Dove are noteworthy, as are also those of the 
Jay, Tufted Duck, and Great Crested Grebe; while the 
Hawfinch and Great Spotted Woodpecker may, it is hoped, 
soon become more generally dispersed. The Pheasant 
I have regarded as a resident species, and though 
of course, originally introduced, its estabhshment locally 
for upwards of a hundred years warrants its inclusion 
as such. It is satisfactory to be able to record with 
certainty the breeding of the Lesser Whitethroat, but 
it is to be regretted that there is no visible increase 
in the numbers of Pied Flycatchers that come here 
to nest. The records of the White Wagtail are disappointing, 
since this species is described as " a fairly common bird 
