BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
No. of Birds Killed. 
Estate. 
1907. 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
Brought forward . . 
12,821 
4,815 
7,651 
9,217 
Kinmount 
Kirkwood 
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Langholm Lodge 
Moxint Annan . . 
Murraythwaite . . 
Raehills . . 
Stapleton Tower 
Wamphray 
299 
1,356 
450 
170 
546 
618 
135 
600 
1,350 
280 
843 
1,020 
326 
46 
807 
145 
i,i6o 
640 
Total . . 
16,260 
8,023 
9,850 
11,102 
THE SKYLARK. Alauda arvensis, Linnaeus. 
Local names — ^Laverock ; Lark. 
" But list ! O list ! the sun has kissed 
The mountain tops with golden fire, 
And called the lark to chase the dark, 
With songs of love that never tire. 
Each Uquid note doth rise and float 
In harmony so full and clear. 
That hill and dale would mourn and wail 
If this sweet songster were not here." 
Thomas McKie. — The Lark. 
A common resident throughout the arable, and extending into the pastoral 
districts. 
In all the reports with which I have been favoured, the Sky- 
lark is described as plentiful, with the exception of those 
from Wanlockhead, and parts of Moffat and Eskdalemuir. 
From Durisdeer I hear that about 1901-1902 the Skylark 
was very scarce, but that it is now increasing ; while in 
Holywood and Kirkmahoe, I am told, it is getting less 
