BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
ROOKERIES— eonttnuetf. 
Nests. 
lemarks. How long 
in existence, etc. 
Source of 
information. 
Place. 
Situation. m 
Maxi- 
um No. 
about. 
No. in 
1908. 
Parish of Kirkmahob — continued. 
Cullievet ] 
Beech and Scots 
Fir. 
170 ' 
rhis rookery started 
about fifty years ago 
with five nests ; an 
offshoot from Carn- 
salloch. 
W. Coupland, 
l.vi.l908. 
Duncow 
Oak, Scots Fir, 
Ash and Elm. 
500 
300 . 
P. Coleman, 
l.vii.l908. 
Parish op kiekmichael. 
Over Courance 
Small ; a long time 
in existence. 
D. Scott, 
13.xi.l908. 
Parish of KmKPATRiCK-FLEMiNG. 
Broats House 
Oak, Elm, Beech 
and Fir. 
200 
50 
At least thirty years. 
Fifteen years ago 
many trees were 
felled, which thus 
reduced the accom- 
modation. 
W. Bell, 
20.viU.1908. 
Mossknow 
High Beech and 
Ash. 
500 
450 
A very old rookery, 
but shows signs of 
being deserted ; 
probably owing to 
age of trees and 
Books being ousted 
by Jackdaws and 
Starlings. 
W. F. Graham, 
26.V.1908. 
Wyseby 
200 
An old rookery, 
showing no signs 
of being deserted. 
Do. 
Hayfleld 
Scots Fir . . 
100 
50 
For at least seventy 
years. Being de- 
serted as trees are 
very old. 
Do. 
Scales Bank . 
. Old Ash.. 
100 
20 
Being deserted for 
East Scales (Gretna) 
q.v. 
Do. 
Grahamshill . 
. Scots Fir on 
roadside. 
90 
90 
An old rookery, and 
generally nest ver 
early. 
Do. 
y 
Springkell . 
. Mostly Beech . 
6 
A few nests annually 
in different clumps 
but always de 
1 stroyed. 
E. A, Johnson- 
Ferguson, 
- 23.V.1908. 
