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one loch on the Galston Shootings in Lewis ("Zoologist" 1896, p. 

 142). 



GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius phnrialis}, p. 124. Correspondents 

 agree, as a rule, that this species has greatly increased, and are most 

 abundant in the southern isles of the group, especially in Benbecula 

 and South Uist, in winter, but it appears still to be a somewhat rare 

 breeding species anywhere south of the Sound of Harris. A variety 

 of the Golden Plover is recorded by Dr. M'Rury wings and tail 

 partly white ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1893, p. 116). 



Golden Plovers are recorded as having been seen in St. Kilda 

 by Mr. Norman Heathcote in his "St. Kilda," p. 193. 



Mr. M'Elfrish, after speaking of "a very few pairs breeding in 

 North Uist, and of one pair which bred regularly within two miles of 

 Lochmaddy, some years ago," gives a good account of their arrivals 

 there and in Benbecula. He says : " In August a few small lots arrive, 

 and later on more come in. By October and November they may 

 be seen in countless numbers in some years, and, of the islands of 

 our district, Benbecula is by far the most frequented." Mr. Abel 

 Chapman describes the arrival of the Golden Plover in North Uist as 

 "streaming in from the north over Ben Maravall on October i. 



GREY PLOVER (Charadrius helvetica), p. 124. The Grey Plover 

 appears to be a rare species in the Outer Hebrides. It is recorded as 

 occurring in mid-winter, January 1892, in Barra, by Dr. M'Rury, and 

 has been shot by Mr. W. L. MacGillivray of Eoligary. Dr. M'Rury 

 also mentions that he had only once met with it on the Vallay 

 Strand in North Uist " some nine or ten years ago " (" Ann. Scot. Nat. 

 Hist." 1893, p. 116). And Mr. C. V. A. Peel marks it as "seen 

 only twice by him in North Uist " during the last five years. One 

 is also recorded from Island Ghlais in Harris on May 10 

 ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1893, p. 160). 



Mr. M'Elfrish says of it : " By no manner of means common. I 

 never saw one in North Uist, but have shot a few in Benbecula during 

 Sir Wm. Smythe's tenancy of the shooting. Five or six at a time 

 were the most that were seen.'' 



GREEN PLOVER (Vandlns cristatus), p. 125. Now, although 

 MacGillivray speaks of the Lapwing as " being of very rare occurrence 

 in the extreme north of Scotland and in the Hebrides," C. Gordon, 

 in his annotation, says : " Thousands of these birds breed in South 

 Uist every year to my certain knowledge, having both seen the young 

 and taken the eggs " ; and in this remark he is supported by the 

 authority of the late Mr. John MacGillivray. 



There is every reason to believe in the increase of the Lapwing, 

 especially to the south of the Sound of Harris. Mr. Peel, who has 

 shot for some seasons in islands on both sides of the Sound, con- 

 siders them commonest and in larger flocks in North and South Uist 

 and Benbecula than to the north of the Sound of Harris. 



