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GREEN SANDPIPER. 



Helodromas ochropus (Lin.). 



In July, after heavy rain, on the 17th, a single Green Sandpiper 

 was seen, and continued for a few days in the dean at Oldcambus 

 [J. Hardy, Prcc. Berw. Nat. Club, 1879, p. 528]. Three appeared 

 on the Aln in summer, and remained until late in the autumn 

 [T. H. Gibb, loc. eit.\ 



WOOD SANDPIPER. 



TOTANUS GLAREOLA (Lhl.J. 



One was shot on the 3rd October, 1878, by Sir George H. Leith- 

 Buchanan, Bart., near the mouth of the End rick, Dumbartonshire. 



GODWIT. 



LlMOSA LAPPONICA (Li)l.J. 



Late in September this year — 1879 — Bar-tailed Godwits — adult 

 birds shot on our coast — retained a portion of the summer plumage. 

 Last year in September I observed that Knots also retained a very 

 considerable portion of their summer dress at the same time of 

 year. In previous seasons I have never noticed this in Knots or 

 Godwits on the Stirlingshire coast.* 



RUFF. 



-Machetes pugnax (Lin. J. 



A Ruff was shot on the Duke of Montrose's estate, near Drymen, 

 Stirlingshire, on or about the 9th September, as I am informed by 

 Mr. Maloch, gunmaker, Stirling, to whom it was sent for preser- 

 vation. Ruffs and Reeves are not uncommon in the east of the 

 county about the time of migration — I have shot five or six in a 

 day — but their occurrence further west, as in this instance, is 



rarer. 



GREAT SNIPE. 



Gallinago major (Gmelin). 



A solitary Snipe is reported as having been shot at Carsaig, 

 Mull, by Mr. Archd. MacLean, of Pennycross. 



* Similar records of several species of birds, which have a far northern 

 breeding range, retaining till a later period than usual their summer 

 plumage, are given by Mr. J. H. Gurney and others [Zoologist, November, 

 1879]. 



