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from a game shop in the town, on 4th September 1878, and which I 

 was informed had been shot at the mouth of the Tweed. I have 

 two or three others killed within five or six miles south of Berwick ; 

 a female, shot on i2th October 1877, having almost attained the 

 winter plumage. The last mentioned is the only specimen in that 

 state which I have seen here, all the others being young birds in 

 first plumage. 



The two specimens from Lennel in September 1881, referred to 

 in "The Birds of Berwickshire," p. 249, I have little doubt would 

 be young birds, and not " in winter plumage " as stated. I have at 

 various times seen immature birds in the late Mr. Brotherston's 

 shop, but never an adult in winter dress, and I know that he used 

 to regard the immature plumage as that of the adult in winter. 



BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER, Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein). The 

 specimen in my collection, which was shot on the Northumberland 

 coast, near Boulmer, on 2ist November 1879, and recorded in the 

 "Hist. Berw. Nat. Club," vol. ix. p. 167, is the only occurrence for 

 the district. 



GREEN SANDPIPER, Totanus ochropus (Linnaeus). An occasional 

 autumn visitant, frequently seen as early as July, and on 29th June 

 1880, I saw one at Spindleston, near Belford. Of late years it has 

 occurred several times in the depth of winter, even during very hard 

 weather. One in my collection was shot near the coast, on 7th 

 March 1894; and I saw another, which had been killed by Mr. 

 Orde, at Grindon, about the loth of January 1893. At Berwick I 

 have several times noticed it in September ; and have seen several 

 specimens shot about the mouth of the Tweed. 



I saw the bird referred to by Mr. Muirhead (vol. ii. p. 253), as 

 having been shot at Ninewells, in January 1891, and can vouch for 

 its identification. Another was brought to me during the first week 

 in August 1895, which had been obtained a day or two before at 

 Ferneycastle, in Berwickshire. 



WOOD SANDPIPER, Totanus glareola (J. F. Gmelin). As is well 

 known, Northumberland is the only county in the British Islands 

 in which the nest of this species has been found ; but the only 

 authentic record of its occurrence in this district, known to me, is 

 the specimen which was shot by my friend, the late Mr. C. M. 

 Adamson, at Holy Island, on i6th August 1877, and recorded by 

 him in the " Hist. Berw. Nat. Club," vol. ix. p. 362. 



COMMON SANDPIPER, Totanus hypoleucits (Linnaeus). A well- 

 known summer visitant ; it haunts the mouth of the Tweed, and 

 sea coast, for a few days in August and September, preparatory to 

 leaving the country, but seldom, if ever, manages to nest actually 

 within the borough. 



