34 Addenda and Corrigenda. 



eggs so late as June 29th, 1911, at Craigmuie, Kirkcudbright- 

 shire. 



THE COMMON SNIPE. It has recently come to my know- 

 ledge that in some parts of the county this species in spring is 

 known as " the Bittern." 



Before 1870, bags of from thirty to forty couple of Snipe 

 were not infrequently obtained on Lochar Moss; and I have 

 been told that sixty-one couple were shot there by three guns 

 one autumn day in 1868 or 1869. 



Mr. Cecil Laurie and I shot thirteen and a half couple on 

 Braco farm (Keir) on August 8th, 1910'. 



A Snipe ringed " 1908 H." was shot at Springkell (Kirk- 

 patrick-Fleming) in October, 1910; but it has not yet been 

 ascertained where this bird came from. 



THE DUNLIN. In the spring of 1911 I saw several of these 

 birds, obviously on their breeding grounds, near Loch Urr 

 (Glencairn), and also near Langshawburn (Eskdalemuir). 



THE RUFF. One was shot near Glencaple (Caerlaverock) in 

 September, 1911. This species has recently been described 

 as " getting quite common ' ' in that district : but the statement 

 that a pair nested there in 1910 and 1911 is so unexpected as 

 to need farther evidence. ^^ 



THE COMMON SANDPIPER. I have never seen this species 

 inland locally as late as in 1910; when, on August 18th, I shot 

 one on the river Scaur near Capenoch (Keir). 



THE GREEN SANDPIPER. A pair of these birds were seen 

 at Morton Loch (Morton) on August 8th, 1911, by my friend 

 Mr. Henry Birkbeck who is intimately acquainted with this 

 species in Norfolk. 



THE REDSHANK. I saw a pair near Waterside (Keir) on 

 March 15th, 1911, which is an early date for their appearance 

 so far inland. I am informed by Mr. J. Bartholomew, that 

 Redshanks nested for the fir.st time on Kinnelhead farm 



13 Dumfries Courier and Herald, Oct. 4th, 1911. 



