210 BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
adjoining outhouse . ^led ' swooped down 
squatted with his prize than the W F ^.^ 
"^n'ihe stSdtolKeL'^ belting up the nearest 
perch, the co ^ ^^^p^^^^ 
K£ Wr aiene^r^ -our^;^^^^^^^ — tj^ 
last ^I^-^Jttse t i C^^ie subsequently 
death would be 1869 or 187U T ^^^^^ authentically 
informed me that ^« __„cies The bird 
that the above story '^f^/'^^ the 
" T 'Tthrinn ?ad got it's alikely spot near the 
mistress ot ttie mn, aa-u n^rvifr^p^shire Kirk- 
Lorg HiU " where the three ^^^'^^f^'^'ZS^ reoori^ 
cudbrightshire -/^^^^-f^^Tt Maxw^^ 
:n£:irfrthis';Sh^^^^^^^^^^ 
to refer to the Buzzard. .^^.f^^.h^rs were in great 
In former days the ^ ^^j^ it^^U is now 
request for fly-tymg, ^^f ^^^^^^^^^^ still survives 
forgotten, the memory of this tavoume y 
among local sahnon-fishers southern 
The Kite is an inhabitant ot cenirai <i 
appearance in our county are remote^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 
frequents.] 
* Trane. D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc, November 10th, 1888. 
■j- Op. cit., February 6th, 1890. 
