BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
BOOZERIES— conitnued. 
Place. 
Nests. 
Remarks. How long 
in existence, etc. 
Source of 
information. 
Situation. 
Maxi- 
mum No 
about. 
No. in 
• 1908. 
Pakish op Sanquhar— (jonitnMerf. 
Eliock — eontd. 
400 
The following totals 
have been killed in 
spring; 1904, 488 
old,244 young; 1905, 
351 old, 538 young ; 
1906, 268 old, 281 
young; 1907,214 old, 
209 young; 1908, 
112 old, 82 young. 
Decreasing. 
W. J. Laidlaw, 
20. V. 1908. 
The Manse . . 
Oak, Scots Fir . . 
120-130 
Came here about 1880 
from trees at Church. 
J. R. Wilson, 
5.vi.l908. 
Parish of Tinwaed. 
Amisfleld 
Getting overcrowded 
Dumfries Courier, 
23.iv.1834. 
Man killed by falling 
from tree in 
rookery. 
Do. 18.V.1847. 
A busy colony in 1908 
Dr. J. W. Martin, 
22.ix.1908. 
Dalruscan . . 
Oak 
140 
In existence certainly 
thirty years ; about 
the same numbers 
these last twelve 
years. 
J. Kirkpatrick, 
2.vi.l908. 
Carse Glen . . 
Oak, Ash, Larch, 
Spruce, Scots 
Fir. 
400 
Annually increasing. 
In existence for at 
least fifteen years. 
Do. 
Glenae 
aid. 4. v ions 
Parish of Torthorwald. 
The Manse 
.. Beech, Oak and 
Ash. 
60 
Several nests in 1900 
and numbers in- 
creased till 1906, 
since when they 
have been greatly 
reduced. 
J. Proudfoot, 
18.xi.l908. 
