78 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



September and October they are again numerous. I have seen 

 a few breeding on the eastward shore of the Lewis. 



Woodcock {Scolopax rusticold). — I have notes of their appear- 

 ance here every October since igio, except in 1913, when they 

 were not seen till November. On several occasions they have 

 been got at the lantern, but they have never been numerous at any 

 time, nor are they seen on their spring passage. 



Common Snipe {Galltnago gallinago). — Snipe are numerous 

 at the many marshy bogs and ditches in August and following 

 autumn months every year. In April 1913 one was killed at the 

 lantern. They breed numerously a few miles south from the Butt. 



] ACKS^iVF. (Ga//i/mgo ga//ifiu/a). — There are always arrivals of 

 these in October and November. Several have been killed at the 

 lantern when on flight. 



Knot {Tri/iga ca^iutus). — This species has also been got at 

 the lantern several times both in spring and autumn, and a few 

 are seen at the pools and seashore in September and October. 



Dunlin {Trifiga alpind). — Dunlin are most frequently seen 

 as summer visitors and breeders. Young birds were got in August 

 1 913, and five adults were killed at the lantern on 26th August 

 1914. 



Purple Sandpiper {Trt?iga ifiaritima). — After October may 

 be seen on the rocky shores all the winter, and have frequently 

 been killed at the lantern. 



Common Sandpiper {Totanus hypoleucus). — Has been seen 

 in April and over the summer, one or two pairs breeding beside 

 the marshy loch. No autumn passage has been specially noted. 



Redshank {^Totanus calidris). — Common round the rocky 

 shores all the year, and are also breeders in suitable quarters. 



Curlew {^Numetiius arqiiata). — Are never altogether absent 

 from the extensive machars round the shores, but for about three 

 months the majority are absent at the breeding grounds, and not 

 many are seen. In September, October, and November they are 

 often in large flocks. 



Whimbrel [Ntimenms phceopus) — Are as certain visitors, and 

 as eagerly looked for as are the first Wheatears. 28th April in 

 1908 and 19 1 2 are the earliest records of their coming. In other 

 years they arrived in the first and second weeks of May. They 

 remain here till end of May before leaving to proceed to their 

 nesting quarters. Their autumn return is not so definitely observed, 

 but they are usually here again from mid-August to the end of 

 October. 



Arctic Tern {Ster/ia ?nacrura). — Arctic Terns are seen or 



