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207. Turnstone. — Mr. Patrick Henderson, Dundee, informs me he had 

 found these birds breeding at the mouth of the Tay, on Tents Muir, and has 

 caught the young. 



209. Avocet is reported from Aberdeen by Mr. Sim; a specimen from 

 Montrose Basin is in Montrose Museum ; one is reported by Mr. Malloch 

 from Perth ; and another from Fife, near Kirkcaldy, some years age, shot 

 second week of August, 1862, by Mr. L. Wilson, and reported by Mr. Gilmour. 



210. Black- Winged Stilt. — Mr. Angus, in a communication to Mr. 

 Gray (Bds. W. Scot., p. 303), states that he distinctly saw, in the Tileburn, 

 near the mouth of the Don, one of these birds on the 15th Sept. 1867. 



211. Red-necked Phalarope.— A colony used to breed in Athole, 

 where I saw them in 1856 and 1857, but I have not visited the spot for some 

 years. 



212. Grey Phalarope.— Reported from Montrose Basin, and mouth of 

 the Tay in Forfar. 



214. Sabine's Snipe.— A specimen, shot near Montrose in 1872, is in 

 Montross Museum. 



215. Double or Solitary Snipe.— Of this bird an example got up 

 at my feet in Elcho Marsh, on the Tay, 3rd Sept., 1874 ; and I am perfectly 

 certain of its identity, since the species is well known to me from my having fre- 

 quently shot it in the Mediterranean region. It has not been seen there since. 



217. Jack Snipe has been supposed to breed in Breadalbane ; 

 but this remains as yet doubtful. Mr. Cameron, however, states that he has 

 good authority for the fact that the Jack Snipe is a native in Balquhidder {Scot. 

 Nat. } 1877, p. 10), and on the authority of Mr. H. O. Forbes, this bird breeds 

 near Huntly. This is doubted by the Ed. of Scot. Nat. (1871, p. 45). Stuart 



