THE BIRDS OF NORTH UIST 31 



visitor. Small flocks often remain till June, but these arc 

 exceptional. 



Trifiga canutus, Linn. Knot. Rare. Odd birds in partial 

 summer plumage are seen at the beginning of August, usually 

 between 8th and 12 th. Small flocks of a dozen or so are 

 extremely rare, and when found are very shy. 



Calidris arenaria, Linn. Sanderling. Large flocks arrive 

 during August and September to be seen over the many strands on 

 the island in company with the Ringed Plover. Very scarce as a 

 spring migrant. 



Machetes pug/iax, Linn. Ruff. Observed at Griminish in 

 September 19 10. Others occasionally reported. One killed at 

 Langass reported in The Scottish Naturalist, 19 14. 



Totanus hypoleucus, Linn. Common Sandpiper. (B.) Fairly 

 common summer visitor. Breeds sparingly throughout the island. 



Totanus calidris, Linn. Redshank. (B.) A common resident. 



\_Totauus fuscus, Linn. Spotted Redshank. Twice recorded 

 as seen nth September 1909 and 25th December 1910. As I 

 have not handled a specimen from the island this still remains in 

 brackets.] 



Totanus canescens, Gm. Greenshank. Fairly common, remain- 

 ing throughout the year. Have never had sufficient evidence of 

 its nesting, though I have seen birds of the year at the beginning of 

 August. The late Wm. Macgillivray records this as a nesting species. 



Limosa lapponica, Linn. Bar-tailed Godwit. Common winter 

 visitor. Immense flocks seen during spring and autumn migration. 



Limosa belgica, Gm. Black-tailed Godwit. Rare. Single birds 

 and occasionally pairs are observed every year. These are reported 

 mostly during September. 



JVumenius arquata, Linn. Common Curlew. (B.) Common. 

 Breeds very sparingly. Large flights arrive about the middle of- 

 August. 



JVumenius phceopus, Linn. Whimbrel. Common visitor. Odd 

 birds may be seen nearly every month in the year. In September 

 1 914 there were immense numbers. 



Sterna fluviatilis,^2:<i. Common Tern. (B.) Fairly common ; 

 an increasing summer visitor, breeding with the Arctic Terns, but 

 never so numerous as they. 



Sterna macrura, Nau. Arctic Tern. (B.) Common summer 

 visitor. Breeds in large colonies throughout the island. This 

 species suffers considerably at the hands of the inhabitants, who, 

 under guise of picking shell-fish, search all the islands and fore- 

 shore for nests. 



