168 BIRDS. 



T. alpina, Linnaeus. Dunlin. C. 



T. mimita, Leisler. Little Stint. Has occurred in Ayr, Bute, and Dumbarton. 



T. subarquata (Giildenstadt). Curlew-Sandpiper. Has occurred in Ayr and 

 E. Renfrew in small numbers. 



T. striata, Linnaeus. Purple Sandpiper. A c. winter visitor to the British 

 coasts, but not so in Clyde ; regularly seen in some parts as S. Ayrshire 

 (Ch. Berry). 



T. canutus, Linnaeus. Knot. Usually in estuary and Firth of Clyde in 

 small numbers. 



Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus}. Sanderling. A regular bird of passage, but I 

 have never seen more than twenty-five in a flock. 



Machetes pugnax (Linnaeus). Ruff. Rather r., only about ten occurrences 

 known to the writer. 



Totanus hypoleucus (Linnaeus). Common Sandpiper. C. in summer. 



T. glareola (Gmelin). Wood-Sandpiper. One in autumn 1853, Renfrew 

 (Gray). One from Campbeltown sent to Small, Edinburgh, for pre- 

 servation Aug. 1856 ( Vert. Fauna Argyll, etc.). Two shot on L. Lomond 

 8/1872 and 10/1878 by Sir George H. Leith Buchanan. 



T. ochropus (Linnaeus}. Green Sandpiper. One shot 10/11/1868 in E. Ren- 

 frew, and another seen in its company (Gray). One shot Milngavie, 

 8/12/1894. 



T. calidris (Linnaeus'). Redshank. C. 



T. fuscus (Linnaeus). Spotted Redshank. Observed in autumn 1898 and 

 1899, Balgray Dam, E. Renfrew. 



T. canescens (Gmeliri). Greenshank. A tolerably regular bird of passage in 

 autumn at least. 



Macrorhampus griseus (Gmelin). Red-breasted Snipe. One shot Lanark 

 (Gray) ; one nearer Crinan than Poltalloch, Argyll (1891), (Annals Scot. 

 Nat. Hist. 1893, p. 45). 



Lirnosa lapponica (Linnaeus). Bar-tailed Godwit. Generally a regular bird 

 of passage ; a few may usually be seen at midsummer and mid-winter 

 in Bute. 



L. belgica (Gmeliri). Black-tailed Godwit. One shot spring of 1851 on 

 L. Lomond. Dumbarton 11/1867, one (Gray); Castle Sernple (Renfrew), 

 8/1869, one (Gray). Two in Renfrew 9/1899, one seen at Balgray (John 

 Robertson), and the other shot at Caldwell. 



Numenms arquata (Linnaeus). Common Curlew. C. 



N. phaeopus (Linnaeus). Whimbrel. A regular bird of passage. 



ORDER GAVIAE. 

 Fam. Laridae. 



Hydrochelidon nigra (Linnaeus), Black Tern. Ayr, L. Lomond and L. Fyne 

 (Gray). 



Sterna cantiaca, Gmelin. Sandwich Tern. Formerly nested on Inch Moan, 

 L. Lomond. Seems r. in Clyde estuary at present. 



S. dougalli, Montagu. Roseate Tern. Originally described in 1812 from a 

 colony on the "Allans," Millport B., a haunt long since deserted. Later 

 there were colonies in Kilbrannan Sd., and on Inch Moan, L. Lomond 

 (Gray). Not now known in " Clyde." 



S. fluviatilis, Naumann. Common Tern. 



S. macrura, Naumann. Arctic Tern. These two said to have nested formerly 

 on Inch Moan, L. Lomond. At present a few pairs of "terns" are 

 resident there in summer. ? Whether both species are represented. 

 The former nesting on islets in Kyles of Bute within last two or three 

 years (Eagle Clarke). Both nest in considerable numbers on rocky islets 

 in L. Fyne and one or both probably on Barmore peninsula. The Common 

 Tern is decidedly the more c. of the two in Clyde generally I believe. 



