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CALIDRIS ARENARIA (Sanderling). 



Sutherland Melvich, Aug. 27, one $ killed. Argyll and Isles 

 Tiree, April 6, flock of over 100. 



TRINGA CANUTUS (Knot). 

 Argyll and Isles Tiree, Jan. 17, April 6, 15. 



MACHETES PUGNAX (Ruff). 

 Tay Tentsmuir, Aug. 27. 



TOTANUS OCHROPUS (Green Sandpiper). 



Argyll and Isles Ardnamurchan, Aug. 8. Clyde Douglaston, 

 Dec. 8. 



TOTANUS HYPOLEUCUS (Common Sandpiper). 



Moray Aviemore, April 14. Forth -Loganlee, April 15. 

 Tiveed Sprouston, April 19. Outer Hebrides Barra, May 7. 

 Argyll and Isles Connel Ferry, April 30 ; Tiree, May 9. Clyde 

 Dalbeth, April n ; Cumbrae, Aug. 25. 



Earliest, April n, Dalbeth. 



LIMOSA (Godwit). 



Orkney Westray, Sept. 21, Black-tailed Godwit (L. belgica). 

 Sutherland Bighouse, Sept. 2 1 [? Bar-tailed Godwit (L. lapponicd}\. 

 Forth Firth of Forth, Bar-tailed Godwit (L. lapponica), Oct. 13. 

 Argyll and Isles Tiree, Aug. 27, small flock of Bar-tailed Godwit 

 (L. lapponica\ left April 16. 



NUMENIUS PH^EOPUS (Whimbrel). 



Orkney Westray, Sept. 13. Tay St. Andrews, July 16. 



Forth North Berwick, Aug. 2; Tynefield, Aug. 16. Outer 



Hebrides Barra, April 28, returning S. July 25. Argyll and Isles 



Oban, April 30 ; Tiree, in very large flocks, May 3, 7, n ; Aug. 



1 6, plentiful; "extraordinarily numerous on spring migration." 



STERNIN^: (Terns). 



Orkney Pentland Skerries, Common Tern (S. fluviatilis}, May 

 i3-Aug. 14. Moray Common Tern (S. fluviatilis\ Invergordon, 

 April 28. Dee Peterhead, last seen Sept. 22. Outer Hebrides 

 Arctic Terns (S. macrura), Barra, May 14. Argyll and Isles 

 Tiree, Arctic Tern (S. macrura], May 8 ; Little Tern (S. jninuta], 

 May 15; Terns all left by Sept. 15. Solway Whiskered Tern 

 (Hydrochelidon hybrida), one $ killed on Carse Loch, Nithsdale, 

 May 30. 



