350 The Scottish Naturalist. 



it is unfortunate that a more appropriate name had not 

 been found for it than " Sand Grouse," which to say the 

 least of it is a misleading one ; for in many of its habits, 

 and especially from its tame and unsuspecting disposition, 

 it reminds one more forcibly of the Ground Dove oT the 

 West Indies, than of any of the Grouse species. The 

 feathered feet probably suggested the name by which it is 

 now known. 



224. Ruff. A fine adult male, but without the ruff, being in 

 autumnal plumage, was shot on the banks of the Tay, 

 opposite Mugdrum Island, Perthshire, by Rodger Davidson, 

 Esq , Kinfauns Manse, in October 1887. It is now placed 

 in the Perthshire Museum. 



234. Black-tailed GocLwit. Two specimens of this very rare 

 bird were shot on the Back Sands at Montrose, in 

 September of last year, 1887, and are now in the Montrose 

 Museum. (Communicated by Dr. Howden, Sunnyside, 

 Montrose, Deer. 1887.) 



^35- Whimbrel. One was shot on the Back Sands, Montrose, 

 in Sept. 1887, and has been placed in the Montrose 

 Museum. (Communicated by Dr. Howden, Sunnyside, 

 Montrose.") 



259. Leach's or Fork-tailed Petrel. It may be interesting 

 to add to the note on this bird in the original report 1885 

 that two, if not more, of these birds, were picked up dead 

 in Perthshire on the 22 Nov. 1880, one at Blair-Athole, 

 and one in Strathearn, in a field near Strathallan Castle, 

 driven off the Atlantic during the terrific westerly gale of 

 that morning and the previous night. 



Rediscovery of Deyeuxia neglecta Kunth in Scotland. 



On my recent visit to Perthshire I was delighted to find in a small marsh by 

 Loch Tay a limited quantity of the above grass, which, as Calamagrostis strtcta, 

 Nutt, was known to have occurred in Forfarshire, where it was originally 

 found by George Don. The drainage of the Forfar marsh, however, destroyed 

 it in its only known Scotch locality. The Perthshire plant, Mr. Arthur 

 Bennett says, is not quite typical, having some of the characters of borealis ; 

 but further details will be given on a future occasion. 



G. Claridge Druce. 



