BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 163 
has been seen in this parish "* anH <5;, ijrn- 
writing of the birds of X' Z ^''^^'^ J^'^^ine 
Sibbaldbie says iti" occasion 1.^ Applegarth and 
winter."t In ,839 SrST.^^ ~ "1^^ " ^ 
breeding have been ^^r.. * instances of its 
of .«.„j<i ,hL i, 2„ „ Hut 
persecution than Z^oZ " '"^ ^^^'"^'^ 
sidt\^X'S7°" ^P"'^^ river's 
is f requen't f oTndl ^ its nes 
water-course or l^aJt^ t °' ^"'^^ '^^""'^'-d 
rivers which it ' f '""^ fl«^«g 
Shaw has recorS aT re^rr ^'"^ 
Kingfisher is exceelgl/Sf A^ft" """^^"f'^ ^ " ^^^^ 
was entirely e.termin'id by t iTTtV 
more than a dozen years ago\L 18801 
finest tributary of the Upper Nith t'hi ^' f ^^"'^ 
fringed Skarr "ll Mr K i ^ood- 
1898: "Liv ng^n tt blS' f '^^^^i^on stated 
he had eveiy opportunftv 1 ^ "^'^ f**^^ ^luden] 
InsomeseasLTetS'^j/,:^^^^^^^^ 
woma see half a dozen day after day 
Stat. Acct. Scot.. Vol. IV., p. 
T Op. cit.. Vol. IV., p. 180 
t £*., 1839, XL, p. 390. 
\ f ^«er, January 17th 1898 
II 4 Couwr^, 5oW^fe,, 1899, p 289 
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