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on 28th November, and a flock of about sixty near Lauder on 15th 

 December. 



The Turtle-dove, Streptopelia turtur turtur. A female was 

 shot at Balhomie, near Meikleour, on 25th May, and a Turtle-dove 

 was seen on Raasay on 29th June (1. 1916, 269). 



The Ovstercatcher, Hcematopus ostralegus ostralegus. On 

 4th February several Oystercatchers returned to the Butt of Lewis 

 " earlier than usual " ; on the 6th they first appeared on the Dee, and 

 on 13th February they were going over Largo at 11 p.m. From 

 26th February to 2nd April we have many notes of return from 

 stations in the Northern Isles and Outer Hebrides, and from 

 12th March from inland breeding-places. On 2nd April one was 

 seen five miles inland, near Kilmacolm, and on 4th April a flock of 

 thirty were seen in a manured field two and a half miles inland at 

 Castle Kennedy. On 6th May one struck the Rhinns of Islay lantern 

 at 9 p.m., a flock of seventeen were seen at Torrs Sandhills 

 (Wigtownshire) on 18th May, and one of fourteen in Largo Bay on 

 29th May. Four Oystercatchers were noted at Crosswood Reservoir 

 on 6th July, five at the Bell Rock on 15th August, and many 

 arrivals in Largo Bay on 31st August, these being probably move- 

 ments of our own breeding birds. One on Whalsay Skerries on 

 22nd October, great numbers at the Little Ross lantern at 1 a.m. on 

 3rd December, one at Kyleakin on 7th December, and four on 

 Whalsay Skerries on 17th December "apparently wintering." 



The Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula. One to three 

 Ringed Plover are recorded in the Kelvin Valley from 19th to 21st 

 May and on 9th June. Arrivals are reported from Largo Bay on 

 6th August, one at the Little Ross lantern on 7th September, and 

 numerous at that light at 1 a.m. on 22nd September and from 

 8 p.m. onwards on 2/3rd October, while one struck the Rhinns of Islay 

 lantern at 10 p.m. on 30th September. Hundreds arrived on North 

 Ronaldshay on 7th October, flocks are recorded at Lerwick on 22nd 

 October and 26th November, and numbers at the Little Ross 

 lantern on i4/i5th November, while one was seen at Summerston 

 (Kelvin Valley) on 14th December, an interesting date for an inland 

 occurrence. 



The Golden Plover, Charadrius apricarius. A dozen Golden 

 Plover were at the Killantringan lantern at 1 a.m. on 6th 

 January, and a few at the Little Ross lantern at 7 p.m. on 27th 

 January. Returns to inland breeding-places are noted from 2nd 



