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the River Echaig, Argyleshire, by Mr. Cousins, keeper to Mr. 

 Duncan, Benmore. The stomach contained the remains of a small 

 rock cod. 



Another is recorded from the Allerburn, near Lilburntown, 

 Berwick, shot by Mr. Arthur B. Collingwood on the 10th January, 

 1879.— [Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, 1879, p. 528.] 



CURLEW. 



NUMENIUS ARQUATA (Lin.). 



Curlews do not appear to have suffered much, if at all, and 

 remained plentifully in their usual winter quarters, but were quite 

 a fortnight late in returning to their breediDg haunts. At 

 Callander*they had not laid eggs by the 23rd April, and were still 

 in flocks. There does not appear to be any diminution in their 

 numbers either here or at Callander, and few had begun to sit in 

 Dumfriesshire by the middle of May. 



In some parts of Ireland numbers of the skeletons of Curlews 

 were seen; for instance, in the county of Fermanagh, as I am 

 informed by my friend Mr. Stilling, of Garden, Stirlingshire. On 

 the coasts of S.W. Scotland they were observed to be emaciated 

 [R. Service, loc. cit.\ 



As late as June 1 2th, as reported to me by Mr. Hardy, a single 

 Curlew was left unpaired, but afterwards disappeared, and was 

 again seen on July 12th. This was in the neighbourhood of 

 Cockburnspath, Berwickshire. 



REDSHANK. 



TOTANUS CALIDRIS (Lin. J. 



Arrived at their breeding haunts if anything later than usual, 

 but not so late as Plovers and Lapwings, and in distinctly 

 diminished numbers. They had not begun to lay at Loch Mohaik, 

 near Doune, on the 22nd April. 



GREENSHANK. 



Totanus glottis (Pallas). 



Greenshanks were somewhat more common at Grangemouth 

 than in most autumn migrations. I shot one on the 1st September, 

 and saw another; and Mr. R. Gray also takes notice of their being 

 commoner than usual on the Firth of Forth [Proc. Berw. Nat. Club. 

 1878-79, p. 499]. I did not observe that they were more than 

 usually abundant at their summer haunts in Sutherland. 



