Oriuthoh(jy of St. Kilda. 85 



HvEMATOPUs osTKALEQUs. " Trcallachaii." 



Martin includes the Oystercatclier in his list of the birds 

 of St. Kilda, and says that it arrives in the beginning of May. 



I observed perhaps half a dozen pairs on St. Kilda, and 

 Mr. John Mackenzie found a nest containing three hard-set 

 eggs on the 12th of June. There are few suitable nesting- 

 places for this bird on the islands, and the nest that was ob- 

 tained was on some rough pebble-strewn ground at the foot 

 of the cliflr below JMullach-scaill. 



Charadrius pluvialis. 



The minister informed Macgillivray that the Golden Plover 

 occasionally visited St. Kilda. 



Strepsilas interpres. 



Gray seems to be under the impression that the Turnstone 

 breeds on St. Kilda, as well as on some other of the remotest 

 Hebrides, I never saw the Turnstone, and I cannot but 

 think that the small parties that frequent the western coast- 

 line of Scotland during the summer are immature non- 

 breeding birds, although I am aware that this species breeds as 

 far south as the southern shores of the Baltic. 



NuMENius arquata. ^^ Guilbuaach.'^ 



I saw one or two pairs of Curlews feeding on the rocks and 

 small patcb of sand in East Bay. I think that they must 

 have had nests either on Doon or in Glen Mor, but I could 

 not find them. Captain Ehves says that although this bird, 

 is found during the greater part of the year on Islay, it does 

 not breed there. 



NUMENIUS PH^OPUS. 



I saw a pair of Whimbrels on the rocks below MuUach- 

 scaiil ; they were very wild and noisy. 



TOTANUS HYPOLEUCUS. 



I include tlie Common Sandpiper in the list of St. -Kilda 

 birds on the authority of Sir Vv iiliam Milner (' Zoologist,' 

 1848, p. 2061), v/ho saw this species on the island on the 

 14th of June. 



