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the occurrence of a fine male specimen of the Glossy Ibis shot on 

 the mud-flats opposite Newburgh, at the mouth of the Ythan, in 

 Aberdeenshire, on the 4th Oct., 1880, and which was afterwards 

 exhibited to this Society, in Dec, 1880. [See also Sim in "Scot. 

 Nat;' Jan. 1881, p. 13.] 



Esquimaux Curlew. — Numenius borealis (Forst.). — One shot in 

 Forest of Birse, Kincardineshire, on 21. x. 80, and forwarded by 

 Mr. G. Sim for exhibition, was spoken of fully at this society's meet- 

 ing in Nov. 1880, and exhibited on 29th Dec, 1880. [V. also 

 "Scot Nat" Jan., 1881, p. 13, where Mr. Sim gives additional 

 particulars.] 



Greenshank. — Totanus glottis (Pall.). — A very considerable ex- 

 tension southwards of the breeding range of this species has been 

 brought to my notice, but I do not feel at liberty to state the district 

 at present. I regret to say that one was shot in June, in this far 

 southern district, in distinct contravention of the Act, and I regret 

 also that an example has not been made of the offender, whoever he 

 may be. In many localities the Act is still a dead letter so far as 

 prosecutions go, although there is no doubt that the general good 

 done is considerable. 



Mr. E. Warren reports an autumn migration of Redshanks and 

 Greenshanks as appearing on the shores at Ballina, on the 1 0th July. 



Curlew. — Numenius arquata (Lin.). Whimbrel. — N. phaeojpus 

 (Lin.). — Mr. R. Warren heard a Whimbrel on the 22nd July, at 

 Ballina, but whether it had come from the breeding haunts, or had 

 remained about the shores with the Curlews since the spring, he 

 cannot say. Numbers of Curlew remain along shore all summer, 

 never going at all up to the mountain breeding haunts. 



Great Snipe. — Gallinago major (Gni.). — [V. Zool. Nov. 1880.] 

 Mr. Bruce of Slogarie shot a " Double Snipe," about the 8th Oct., 

 as he informed Mr. R. Service on 22nd Oct. I distinctly identified 

 two of the Solitary Snipe on our own ground here, on 7th Oct., but 

 though next day I searched the whole rnarsh, no signs of them were 

 to be found. 



Jack Snipe. — Limnocryptes gallinula (Lin.). — This bird was also 

 scarce this autumn, at least in certain old haunts. Late in Dec I 

 saw one bird, but did not shoot any this season up to 15. i. 81, 

 after which date, however, I got a few in the ditches. 



Common Snipe. — Gallinago gallinaria (O. F. Mull.). — Our marsh 

 has failed utterly in Snipe this year, principally owing to the very 



