BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
Year. 
First seen. 
1890 
April 
30th 
Tjmron 
1891 
April 
27th 
Do. 
1893 
April 
8th 
Langholm 
1895 
April 
15th 
Do. 
1896 
April 
18th 
Do. 
1898 
April 
23rd 
Do. 
1899 
April 
25th 
Do. 
1901 
April 
21st 
Do. 
1902 
April 
15th 
Do. 
1903 
April 
26th 
Do. 
1904 
April 
12th 
Do. 
1906 
April 
10th 
Do. 
1907 
April 
15th 
Do. 
1908 
April 
29th 
Do. 
1909 
April 
12th 
Do. 
1910 
April 
20th 
Do. 
Observer. 
Mr. Tom Brown. 
Do. 
Mr. William Laidlaw. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
THE HOUSE-MARTIN. Chelidon urhica (Linnseus). 
Local names— Window-Swallow ; Window-Martin. 
If in an evening sky, serene and calm. 
The Martins higher than their wonted flight. 
On arrowy pinions, scarcely quivering soar, 
... then the air 
Its utmost buoyancy has gained ; and hence 
All things that in the liquid region ply. 
Each bird and insect, float on easy wing : 
On such an eve, who marks the Martin's flight. 
• • • ior0S€ 
A ruddy morning tinge the dappled cope." 
James Grahame.— " British Georgica " (July). 
A common summer-visitant. 
Sir WiUiam Jardine in 1832 wrote of this species • "The 
numbers of window-martins have diminished much since the 
