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June. By way of accounting for this difference, an intelligent 

 keeper gave me as his opinion, that the old or mature birds were 

 the early breeders, and that these frequently reared two broods; 

 and that the birds of the previous year laid in May and June, 

 and for the first year reared only one brood." 



CURLEW. 



NUMENIUS ARQUATA (Z.) 111. 



Mr Mackenzie writes : — " I have never found more than 3 eggs 

 in some 3 or 4 nests taken by me. In one nest the eggs were just 

 at hatching, so the number was complete!" 



In the west the Curlew appears to me to be somewhat more 

 plentiful than formerly around Loch Awe. 



GREENSHANK. 



TOT ANUS GLOTTIS {Pall) 113. 



Said to be somewhat scarcer, but I hardly think so. I miss 

 them, certainly, in one or two localities which used to hold a pair; 

 and their loud " Twu-whu," though often heard, is not so general 

 perhaps as formerly. About Loch Inver, and along the Inver 

 river, they are, however, apparently even more plentiful than 

 formerly. As I remarked before, the eggs are sometimes difficult to 

 find, and often the old birds have to be watched to the nest, 

 when a great deal of " Twu-whu," " twu-whu," is generally heard, 

 repeated quickly, as if scolding. I obtained one set of eggs, for 

 Mr Dresser. The nest was in a very exposed situation, on the top of 

 a mound of burnt heather. The spot was pointed out to me by 

 my old collector, who was always a good hand at finding them. 



DUNLIN. 



T RING A A LP IN A, L. 114. 



Mr Mackenzie has taken eggs annually in the east, and has 

 found the species breeding near Lairg. They do not appear to 

 have increased in the west at the locality before indicated. 



