CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. Ill 



Like the greater part of the birds that are reared in 

 those deserted regions, they are of a most confiding 

 disposition, appearing, unfortunately for themselves, to 

 be totally unacquainted with the destructive propensities 

 of man. 



The specimens in the case were shot on the Island 

 of Ebris, in the Firth of Forth, m September, 1874. 



COMMON SANDPIPER.— (Summer.) 



Case 121. 



This bird is only a summer visitor to the British 

 Islands, arriving in April, and leaving, after rearing 

 its young, in the autumn. The nest is usually placed 

 amongst the stunted vegetation on the banks of some 

 of our northern streams and rivers. 



The Sandpiper is able to swim and dive with the 

 greatest facility. While fishing on the river Lyon, in 

 Perthshire, one of these birds, pursued by a Merlin, 

 dashed into the water within a few feet of where I was 

 standing, and immediately dived beneath the surface, 

 probably reappearing under the cover of some over- 

 hanging bushes, as I did not catch sight of it again. 



The specimens in the case were obtained on the river 

 Lyon, in Perthshire, in June, 1866. 



NIGHTINGALE.— (Autumn.) 



Case 122. 



The young birds are here shown in their nestling 

 plumage. 



The specimens were obtained near Hayward's 

 Heath, in Sussex, in July, 1874. 



