222 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



GALLINAGO GALLINULA (Jack Snipe). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, first seen Sept. 16; very plentiful during 



October. 



Dee. Fyvie, Oct. 12 April 19. 

 Outer Hebrides. Monach, Oct. 15. 

 Argyll and Isles. Tiree, Sept. 30. 



Earliest, Sept. 1 6, N. Ronaldshay ; latest, April 1 9, Fyvie. 



CALIDRIS ARENARIA (Sanderling). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, first seen Aug. 21. 



Argyll and Isles. Tiree, May 6, large flocks ; Aug. 5, twenty. 



TRINGA STRIATA (Purple Sandpiper). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay. " Comparatively scarce up to November; 



a few probably remain all the year." 

 Outer Hebrides. Barra, June 2, small flock still here ; Monach, 



Oct. 9, two at Light. 



TRINGA SUBARQUATA (Curlew Sandpiper). 



Sutherland. Thurso, Sept. 6, two killed. 



[The occurrence of this species in N. Ronaldshay, Orkney, in 

 1892, was by inadvertence omitted from last year's Report. Mr. 

 Allan Briggs records : " Aug. 24, two ; Aug. 30, Sept. i, numerous."] 



TRINGA MINUTA (Little Stint). 

 Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, Sept. 8, 9 ; Oct. 14, 1 6. 



TRINGA CANUTUS (Knot). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, Aug. 15, 22, flock of forty; Sept. n. 



Pentland Skerries, Sept. 6, flock of forty, three caught at 



Light, S., light. 



Sutherland. Thurso, Aug. 24, 29. 

 Forth. Dalmeny, Sept. 23. 

 Outer Hebrides. Barra, Aug. 19. 

 Argyll and Isles. Tiree, Aug. 27-Sept. 4. 



Earliest observed, Aug. i 5, N. Ronaldshay. 



MACHETES PUGNAX (Ruff). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, numerous, first seen Aug. 24, four, and 



after in numbers up to Sept. 22. 

 Argyll and Isles. Tiree, Sept. 4. 



