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very pale-grey in appearance : whence the specific title 

 canescens. 



Spotted Redshank.- — Extremely rare and never met 

 with by us. The very few that do occur are all young 

 of the year, and always during- Aug-ust. On August 20th, 

 1878, Mr Adamson shot one at the lough on Holy 

 Island. 



Little Stint. — Of rare and quite irregular occurrence 

 on sandy beaches along- the coast, in September only, and 

 all exclusively young- of the year, adults never appearing-. 

 Date of passag-e, according- to Adamson, September 12th 

 till end of month. 



Temminck's Stint. — Even rarer than the last-named, 

 the very few that are ever found on the north-east coast 

 (all young- birds) occur early in September. On the west, 

 they appear slig-htly less irregular, their passage on the 

 Solway taking- place during- the first week of September. 



Exceptionally, Mr Adamson obtained one adult in 

 summer plumage on May 25th, 1843 (Hancock, Catalogue, 

 p. 119). It was shot on the King's Meadows, near New- 

 castle, and is the only example on record. 



Red-necked Phalarope. — Though nesting so near as 

 the Orkneys and Outer Hebrides, yet this species is all 

 but unknown on our north-east coast, and the few records 

 are at irregular dates ; all invariably of young of the year, 

 adults being unknown. 



Grey Phalarope. — This far-northern species, though 

 never abundant, yet occurs with distinctly greater fre- 

 quency on our coast than does its Scottish-breeding 

 congener. It arrives latest of all its tribe, appearing in 

 October and November when the few that come, though 

 all young, have by that date almost acquired the full grey 

 winter-plumage. 



