BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
ROOKERIES— eonitnuerf. 
Place. 
Nests. 
; Source of 
information. 
Situation. 
Maxi- 
mum N( 
about. 
, No. in 
^- 1908. 
Remarks. How Ions 
in existence, etc. 
Parish op Moffat. 
Craigieburn 
Wood. 
Oak, Ash. Elm, 
Beech and Scots 
Fir. 
200 
Came here about 
1858-1868, after 
Dumcrieff rookery 
was destroyed. De- 
creasing. 
J. T. Johnstone, 
4.vi.l908. 
Heathery 
Haugh. 
Oak, Ash and 
Beech. 
80 
50 
In existence ever since 
I can remember, but 
has decreased till 
recently. 
Do. 
Archbank 
Oak, Ash and 
Elm. 
34 
Since about 1868 . . 
G. Kerss, 
4.vi.l908. 
Ballplay 
40 
Their appearance here 
is synchronous with 
the decrease at 
Heathery Haugh, 
vide supra. 
J. T. Johnstone, 
4.vi.l908. 
Parish Church 
70-80 
Since 1898 . . 
Do. 
Emu ViUa . . 
Laurencefleld 
26 
Since 1902 . . 
Do. 
Dumcrieff 
Beech 
Used to be large : 
now almost non- 
existent. 
Do. 
G. Kerss, 
4.V.1908. 
Shortwood 
End. 
Old rookery of 
moderate size, but 
decreasing. j 
Gr. Kerss, 
4.V.1908. 
Parish op Mouswald. 
Brocklehirst . . 
Scots Fir, Oak, 
etc., thirty-flve 
feet high. 
110 
Ten nests in 1903 . . 
J. McRoberts, 
4.vi.l908. 
The Manse . . 
Beech, Ash, Chest- 
nut. 
30 
24 
Since about 1898 . . 
Very Rev. J. 
Gillespie, 
6.xi.l908. 
Beyond the 
Burn. 
Scots Fir . . 
70-80 
Old established, not 
increasing. 
T. WUson, i 
23.ix.1908. 
