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The Greenshank (Totanns glottis). 

 Sparingly distributed along all tlie shores in autumn and 

 winter. In the months of August and September we have seen it 

 ascending the courses of our larger streams, and coming to a dis- 

 tance from the sea-coast. Two very fine specimens now before us 

 were shot by Dr Anderson in the pebbly bed of Girvan Water, on 

 Enoch Farm, some years ago. 



The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa rufa). 



In the Bay of Luce and also in Wigtown Bay this bird 

 finds an agreeable resting-place in its flight southwards at the 

 close of summer. On the coast of Ayrshire, however, it is much 

 seldomer observed, probably from the fact of the western 

 migratory flocks coming down from the Hebrides, and taking 

 the southern point of Scotland as their guide to the Solway 

 Firth, where considerable numbers remain during the whole of 

 the winter months. 



Obs. — The Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa melanura) has occurred 

 on two occasions on the confines of our district. One was shot 

 on- the Renfrewshire side of the Clyde estuary on 25th November, 

 1867; another was killed on the Castle Semple Estate, near Loch- 

 winnoch, in the last week of August, 1869. 



The Euff {Machetes pugnax). 

 So far as we can judge, this species is rare in any part of our 

 district. The Solway Firth appears to check its progress north- 

 ward in autumn, or rather to divert the line of its flight eastward 

 through the southern portion of the counties of Eoxburgh and 

 Berwick to the shores of Haddington and Fife. The Ruff" has 

 occurred in Renfrewshire, and we lately heard of a si^ecimen 

 having been shot near Kilbirnie, in Ayrshire — an inland situation. 

 The female is apt to be overlooked by ordinary sportsmen, owing 

 to its small size. 



The Woodcock {Scolopax nisticola). 



A common winter visitant. It arrives generally in September, 

 and leaves in April. Many of these birds are taken in lighthouses 

 about the time they pass northward. We have not yet heard of 

 the nest having been taken in any part of our district. 



