BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 191 
A pair of Buzzards were often seen near the Far Loch 
Capenoch, in the early spring of 1903 ; in which year Mr. r' 
Service thus summed up the status of this species : " I hardly 
thmk It breeds in Dumfriesshire, but it does so in several 
localities m Kirkcudbrightshire one wa« shot in Esk- 
dale a short time ago, and another frequented a locality 
not more than three miles from Dumfries [i.e., near Cluden 
Banks, Holywood] most of last winter. Almost every 
year a few examples are kiUed during the autumn migra- 
tion^ * In 1904 four Buzzards were seen near Capenoch 
on September 1st, and in November one was shot and 
another trapped near Canonbie, while Mr. T Ranken 
^ites me that in the same year one or two were seen at 
iJalswinton. A fine specimen was brought in to Mr R 
Sr'^A Cfaigshiel (Kirkmichael) on October 24th; 
1905. A pair of Buzzards (reported to me as " Gleds with 
square tails ) were observed in the spring of 1906 in the 
parish of Ewes, on the borders of Roxburghshire. They 
were frequently seen by my informant, Mr. W. Haining 
but they did not nest, as far as he knew. On October 18th 
of the same year Mr. J. Bartholomew beheves he saw 
a Buzzard near Beattock. That winter a pair were 
noticed near Sanquhar, and two seen on Kirkland Hill 
(Kirkconnel) in March, 1907,t may have been the same 
tods^ On September 6th, 1907, while shooting with 
m A. Gator a Buzzard circled the whole afternoon over 
Breconside Moor (Durisdeer) and interfered considerably 
with our sport, as the Grouse seemed either to have been 
driven off the hill altogether, or else sat so close that we 
Zft °Tf^ that he 
shot two Common Buzzards >' at KnockhiUs (Kirkpatrick- 
Juxta) m 1904, and Mr. James Malcolm writes m^S a 
Buzzard was once caught in a vermin-trap on Castle Hill 
close by Langholm. On January 19th, 1909, Dr. J W Martin 
saw a bird of this species ' ' saihng " over Greenhead (Dunscore). 
* Trans. D. and G. Nat. Hut. Soc, December I8th, 1903. 
t J- Laurie, in litt., June 1st, 1908. 
