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MACHETES PUGNAX (Ruff). One (< juv.) at Barrock, Caithness, 



1 ith October. 



TOTANUS HYPOLEUCUS (Common Sandpiper). At Beith, i-jth; Both- 

 well, Halmyre, and Ballo Reservoir (Fife), 1 6th ; Glencorse, on 

 the Pentlands, and Duddingston, iyth April, are the earliest 

 reports; while the latest is at Cobbinshaw Reservoir, 2ist 

 September. 



T. OCHROPUS (Green Sandpiper). One at Polmadie (Glasgow) on 

 nth December ("A.S.N.H.," 1905, p. 120). 



T. CALIDRIS (Redshank). Arrived at Auchinblae (Kincardine) on 

 26th February, "snow on ground"; at Cloverhill (Tweed), 

 1 7th March; Kirkmuirhill (Lanark), 24th March. A white 

 one is reported from Barra, 23rd October. 



T. CANESCENS (Grecnshank). One at Fairlie (Ayr), i;th September, 

 and one in Bute, loth October (" A.S.N.H.," 1905, p. 54). 



LIMOSA LAPPONICA (Bar-tailed Godwit). A pair at Loch Arienas 

 (Morven) on nth June; four at Fairlie (Ayr), 3rd September. 



NUMENIUS ARQUATA (Common Curlew). At Corsewall numbers 

 seen on 6th and iyth March. Returned to breeding grounds, 

 1 8th, Auchinblae (Kincardine). Small numbers in July and 

 August seen on three days at the Flannans. Sule Skerry, 

 1 8th December, eight arrived for winter. 



N. PH^EOPUS (Whimbrel). At the Flannans on 5th May (i), 7th 

 May (3), 22nd May (17); Bute on igth and 23rd May; at 

 Inch Fad (Loch Lomond), 3oth July. 



HYDROCHELIDON NIGRA (Black Tern). One at Gladhouse Reservoir 

 (Moorfoots), 7th September, and another at Gullane, 26th 

 November ("A.S.N.H.," 1905, p. 119). 



STERNA FLUVIATILIS (Common Tern). The earliest and latest dates 

 relating to this species are from Largo, viz. i4th April (3), and 



2 7th September (a few). All other reports of arrival refer to 

 the period 8th to 25th May. 



LARUS MINUTUS (Little Gull). One at Uyeasound, 3rd May 

 ("A.S.N.H.," 1904, p. i 5 7). 



L. RIDIBUNDUS (Black-headed Gull). Two new colonies are reported 

 as being established between Arbroath and Montrose. 



L. GLAUCUS (Glaucous Gull). One at Sule Skerry, 2oth January; 

 one young (3oth January), and two adults (ist and 5th 

 February), near Stromness. 



L. LEUCOPTERUS (Iceland Gull). One (jar.), i7th May, Tobermory 

 ("A.S.N.H.," 1904, p. 247). 



