-tG THANSACTIOXS, NATURAL IIISTOHT SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



OccuRUEXCE — Ettrick Bay, 9 fins. ; oflf King's Cross, Lainlash 

 Bay, 9-10 fins. ; Minard Bay, Loch Fyne, 2-3 fms. ; Garrison Bay, 

 Millport, 2-3 fms. (considerable number of young specimens by 

 tow net) ; otf Hailie Shore, Largs, 2-6 fms. (mod. common). 



(The liite Dr. Robertson records it as '•taken in a sandy pool at l.w., 

 Cumbrac.") 



Note. — Since the above paper was read before the Society I have taken 

 /. granulosa, Rathke, among the seaweed attached to the Buoys in Lamlash 

 Bay, where it occurred plentifully. 



The Wadeps of Solway. 

 By Robert Service. 



[Read 28th November, 1905.] 



Of this fine group of birds, some fifty-six species have been 

 recorded as British. Thirty-one of these have been found in 

 our area — rather an unsatisfactory total considering the attrac- 

 tions in Solway for birds of the class. Those on our list may 

 be briefly classified into four divisions — 



(1) Eleven breeding species, all of them being present in 

 winter also, with the exception of the Dotterel and the Common 

 Sandpiper. Those eleven species are the Dotterel, Golden 

 Plover, Oyster-catcher, Common Snipe, Curlew, Ringed Plover, 

 Lapwing, Woodcock, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, and Common 

 Redshank. 



(2) Seven winter visitors that come here to stay through the 

 cold season, viz. : — Grey Plover, Turnstone, Jack Snipe, Purple 

 Sandpiper, Knot, Sanderling, and Bar-tailed Godwit. 



(3) Five species, seen only on the spring or autumn migration, 

 viz. : — the Grey Phalarope, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Green- 

 shank, and Whimbrel. 



(4) The eight remaining species are all stragglers of more 

 or less rarity — Black-winged Stilt, Great Snipe, Temminck's 

 Stint, Green Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Ruff, Spotted 

 Redshank, and Black-tailed Godwit. 



