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M. Burnett, Esq. of Balbithan, states that it breeds near Inverurie, and that 

 some remain and breed there every year. He records a nest and four eggs 

 taken by him on the 31st May, 1848 (Scot. Nat., January, 1873), and sets the 

 matter at rest as to its breeding in this country. 



218. Pectoral Sandpiper. — An immature specimen of this species, 

 shot at the mouth of the Don, by Mr. Mitchell, on the 2nd October, 1867. 

 Communicated by Mr. Angus (Gray, Bds. W. Scot., p. 321). 



220. Little Stint. — Reported by Mr. Sim as not unfrequent in autumn 

 at the mouths of the Don and of the Dee. Mr. Angus considers this bird a 

 regular winter visitant. 



221. Curlew Sandpiper. — Reported by Rev. T. Bell as once shot at 

 Glenkindy on the Don in Aberdeen. According to Mr. Mitchell this bird 

 would appear to be a well-known visitant in Aberdeenshire, he having fre 

 quently met with it at the mouth of the Don, and he believes it to have bred in 

 the county — (Gray, Bds., W. Scot., p. 317). One or two have been got in 

 Forfar at the mouth of the Tay ; one of these is now in P.S.N.S. Museum ; it 

 has also been got by Mr. Dewar at Loch Tay in Perth. 



223. Knot occurs, though less often than formerly, on the tidal parts of 

 the Tay in Perth. 



224. Ruff has been shot in Perth by Mr. Millais on the Tay at Murthly \ 

 Mr. Mai loch has seen it pretty abundant on Loch Leven shores. 



225. Sanderling". — Though regular in its passage in autumn, it is be- 

 lieved to occur only as an abnornal visitor on our coasts in spring : this should 

 be further investigated. 



227. Spotted Sandpiper. —Mr. Angus, writing to Mr. Gray (Bds. W. 

 Scot., p. 299), makes mention of two specimens, in the flesh, as having been 

 left in the Aberdeen Museum in the absence ot the curator in August, 1867, 

 no particulars of which could be obtained, as the person who left them never 

 returned. Mention is also made of this bird by the late Mr. Mollison, in the 

 Statistical Account of the parish of Craigo, near Montrose. 



