BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
BOOKERIES— continued. 
Place. 
Nests. . ^ 
lemarks. How long 
in existence, etc. 
Soxirce of 
information. 
Situation. n 
Maxi- j 
urn No. 
about. 1 
No. in 
1908. 
PARISH OF BUTHWELL.* 
The Manse . . * 
Sycamore, Lime, 
Elm and Beech. 
100 
[n existence about 
thirty-three or 
thirty-four years, 
has increased during 
last fifteen. 
J. Harkness, 
18.ix.l908. 
Suininerfield. 
Farm. 
Scots Fir, Beech, 
Oak. 
160 
120-130 
In existence about 
thirty-five years. 
Do. 
Comlongon 
Castle. 
Beech and Oak . . 
250 
80 
Old yews having been 
blown down, num- 
bers have decreased. 
A. Davidson, 
4.vi.l908. 
Nether Lochar 
Woods. 
Belridding 
Farm. 
Beech and Scots 
Fir. 
300 
80 
Greatly diminished 
since 1906. 
J, Harkness, 
l.vi.l908. 
Beech 
Deserted since about 
1903. 
Do. 
Peter's 
Plantation. 
Scots Fir 
230 
230 
Do. 
* Eight 
hundred and twenty-Sve nesta in parUh in 1879.-R. Service, 1. ix. 1908. 
PAHISH OF St. Mungo. 
Castlemilk . . 
Beech 
200 
Much reduced 
- 
C. Sanderson, 
ll.ii.l909. 
Nutholm 
Nutholmshaw 
Norwood 
Now extinct 
C. Sanderson, 
16.ii.l909. 
Do. 
Do. 
Beech Bank . 
Kirkbank 
500 
PARIS] 
a OF San 
Thirty-two killed i 
1907. now extinct. 
QUHAR. 
. Do. 
Q Do. 
EUock 
Oak, Beech, Sprue 
and Scots Fir. 
e 
In existence over tw( 
hundred years {i.e. 
1640). 
) Dumfries Courier 
, l.v.1846. 
This rookery sup 
plies enough Rook 
for the whol 
county, 1891. 
- Dr. A. Davidson, 
s 1891. 
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