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Linn.) frequently follows the course of the river as far as Bothwell. 



The Woodcock {Scolopax rusticula. Linn.) has been shot at 

 Green Gotes and at the Balloch Burn. 



The Common Snipe (Gallinago ccelestis (Frenzel)) is common, in 

 winter, especially, Mr. Wilson says, when there has been flooding 

 of the country adjacent to the river-banks. 



The Jack Snipe (Gallinago gallinula (Linn.)) is certain to 

 be an annual winter visitor. Mr. Wilson knows of one shot in 

 the upper reaches on 20th October, 1900, and of another occur- 

 rence on the Balloch Burn. 



I saw a pair of Dunlins (Tringa alpina, Linn.) on the right 

 bank, just below Cambuslang. on the 19th of May, 1900. 



The Common Sandpiper {Totanus hypoleucus (Linn.)) is a 

 delightful feature of the river in summer, usually appearing 

 between the 10th and 16th of April. Obviously the birds first 

 seen are in some instances on passage, as the observer may at 

 that season see several one day and then none for several 

 succeeding days. Mr. Robert Wilson has seen as many as 

 twenty in a flock in August — an unusual circumstance it is 

 believed. 



The Redshank [Totanus calidris (Linn.)) is conspicuous in 

 April but disappears about the middle of May. Occasionally, in 

 hard weather in winter, Mr. Wilson has seen one or two, and he 

 gives me the interesting information that early in the present 

 year (1903) he saw a pair flying over the river one morning 

 when he was crossing the Suspension Bridge, above the Jamaica 

 Bridge. 



Occasionally, in winter, Mr. Wilson has seen the Common 

 Curlew (Numenius arquata (Linn.)). It is somtimes heard 

 on migration — thus, on 6th May, 1900, at noon, I heard some 

 passing north-east over Daldowie, and Mr. Wilson has seen it 

 on 12th August. 



A pair of Common Terns (Sterna Jluviatilis, Naumann) was 

 seen at Carmyle on 23rd June, 1903. [In the summer of 1904 

 I saw frequently, in the same locality, a pair of this species, 

 which were probably nesting there.] 



The Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus, Linn.), is a 

 familiar bird on the river aU the year round, even in the centre 

 of the city, and among the shipping in the harbour. 



