BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 83 
1905 a bird-catcher on the Stewartry side of the Nith 
caught two, and saw more ; he said that two others had 
been obtained by another man ;* and these two I believe 
were captured within the hmits of our county 
farther noTh"fr\^''v ^'^^^ ^^'^P''" ^^ther 
farther north than the hmits of birch-growth, but south- 
ward It may be doubted if it reaches below 58° N lat "t 
It only visits this county in winters of arctic severity. ' 
THE LESSER REDPOLL. Linota rufescens (Vieillot). 
SoUaiTai'^'H-^" ^^"^ -"-'i^ Lesser 
fnd in , ^/^^^°g-«Pf««« in Applegarth and Sibbaldbiet ; 
in flo.t 1'^^' r " ^ uncommon 
nlerous.' §^ *° "^^^ 
In autumn and winter Lesser Redpolls congregate in 
season their numbers are augmented, probably by those 
which have bred further north. 
numhe7r.v,^'"°'^. '° J;^^^ '"'^^''^^ °" increasing 
number of their nests m Tynron parish within the last two 
yearsll ; and Dr. J. W. Martin in 1901 regarded It as a 
more common bird in Glencaim than the Linnft.f From le 
* Dumfries Courier and Herald, February 4th, 1895 
t Man. Brit. Birds, 1899, p. 190. 
t New Stat. Acct. Scot., Vol. IV., p. 179 
§ Nat. Lib., 1839, Vol. XL, p. 288. 
II Trans. D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc, December 4th, 1885 
ll (Jp- cit.y December 13th, 1901. 
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