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228. Green Sandpiper has occurred several times in Aberdeen, and 

 has also been found on Montrose Basin and at the mouth of the Tay in Forfar ; 

 and in P.S.N.S. Museum there is a specimen shot on the banks of the Earn, 

 and another from lower Tay. 



229. Wood Sandpiper.— Mr. Sim reports one shot, on 18th May, 

 1868, at Loch of Strathbeg. 



230. Redshank usually leaves Perth for the coast in winter. 



231. Spotted Redshank. —One shot in Montrose Basin in 1880 is 

 now in the Montrose Museum. In addition to this specimen Mr. Angus com- 

 municated to Mr. Gray (Bds. W. Scot. p. 298) the capture of one of these birds on 

 the Old Town Links of Aberdeen, 19th Sep., 1867. 



232. Greenshank. — Occurs in Aberdeen chiefly in autumn passage. 

 In Perth it is more frequent in autumn ; but it is now known to breed regularly 

 in Rannoch, and a nest and eggs from Rannoch moor are in the P.S.N.S. 

 Museum. 



234. Black-tailed Godwit is believed to have been shot many years 

 ago in Montrose Basin (in the late Mr Mollison's collection). In Perth, a female, 

 showing change from summer to winter plumage, was shot in a marshy wood 

 at Freeland, by the Rev. H. Skeete, Sept., 1810, and is now in the P.S.N.S. 

 Museum. Mr. Gray mentions that at least in two cases it has been got in 

 Forfarshire ; and Mr. Angus in a communication to the same author mentions 

 having shot an immature bird out of a large flock near Aberdeen, in Sept., 

 1867— (Bds. W. Scot., p. 305). 



236. Curlew. — Generally leaves Perthshire in winter for the coast, 

 though sometimes seen at that season on the lower part of the Tay. 



237. Esquimaux Curlew- — Shot on the estate of Slains, near Ellon, 

 Aberdeenshire, by Mr. W. Ramsay, on 28th Sep., 1878, as recorded by Mr. 

 George Sim ; also in Kincardine on the estate of Durris, Oth Sep., 1855, on 

 same authority — (Scot. Nat., 1870, p. 16.) 



