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as follows :—‘‘ The Turnstone breeds on the Farne 
Islands, formerly plentifully, now very few.” When 
visiting these islands myself in 1863, I purchased 
from a fisherman at North Sunderland various eggs 
which had been taken on the island the previous 
year; and amongt them was one which, in the opinion 
of experienced oologists, could only have belonged to 
a Turnstone. Mr. Gray says this bird breeds on the 
Isle of Staffa, and believes that limited numbers will 
yet be found nesting on the Haskar rocks, the St. 
Kilda group, and probably the Monach Isles—locali- 
ties somewhat difficult of access, but well worth the 
attention of ornithologists. He adds :—‘ It was sug- 
gested by the late Dr. Fleming that this species might 
breed in Shetland, as he had observed it there at all 
seasons of the year; and I find it mentioned, in a MS. 
note by one of the authors of the ‘ Fauna Orcadensis,’ 
that it breeds in the Orkney Islands.” 
Mr. Thompson, in his ‘Nat. Hist. of Ireland’ 
(Birds), vol. ii. p. 120, says, ‘“‘ I am disposed to believe 
that the Turnstone may breed in Ireland, though no 
proof can be offered.” 
OYSTER-CATCHER. Hematopus ostralegus (Linnzus). 
May be found on some part of the coast throughout 
the year, but is at the same time, to a certain extent, 
migratory in spring and autumn. 
