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ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Crex pratensis (Land Rail). 



Orkney . . Pentland Skerries, April 27, a pair, the male 



bird killed at lantern; Hoy Sound, May 18 ; 

 last seen Oct. 16. 



Tay . . . Fearnan, Loch Tay, May 10"; Arbroath, May 23. 



Forth . . Duddingston, May 7 ; Doune, May 10. 



Tweed . . Hallmyre, May 4. 



Outer Hebrides Stornoway, May 6 ; Island Ghlais, Aug. 23. 



Argyll and Isles Tiree, May 16. 



Solway . . Loch Ryan, May 18. 



First seen April 27, Pentland Skerries; last 

 seen Oct. 16, same locality. 



Shetland 

 Orkney 



Charadrius pluvialis (Golden Plover). 



Dunrossness, two shot in September ; decidedly 



scarce in autumn. 

 N. Ronaldshay, first seen July 4 ; in numbers 

 during first half of August, and again at end 

 of November. 

 Outer Hebrides Monach I., May 10. 



Squatarola helvetica (Gray Plover). 



Orkney . . N. Ronaldshay Sept. 3. 



Outer Hebrides I. Ghlais, Harris, May 10. 



Vanellus vulgaris (Lapwing). 



Dunrossness, scarce on migration ; Oct. 3, one ; 

 Oct. 6, four. 



Hoy Sound, first seen April 3 ; N. Ronaldshay, 

 mostly leave early in September. 



Bell Rock, Feb. 2 6, one ; March 3, twelve pass- 

 ing west, wind E. 

 Outer Hebrides Barra Head, Nov. 10, two; Oct. 25, one. Butt 



of Lewis, first seen April 15. Monach L.H., 

 April 18. 

 Argyll and Isles Skervuile, Jura, Nov. 23, large flock in rush 



with other birds, wind E. 



Sfrepsi/as interpres (Turnstone). 



Orkney . . N. Ronaldshay, July 4, five ; July 2 7, a score ; 



and numbers later. A few seem to remain 



all the year. 

 Outer Hebrides Monach I. — " A good few always round here : a 



pair about the same place every year." 

 Argyll and Isles Tiree, May 6. — " A few always stay here all 



summer." 



Shetland 

 Orkney 

 Tay . 



