306 SCOI-OPACID.^. 



figures under the name of Himantopus one of two specimens 

 shot at a lake near the town of Dumfries, and sent to him 

 by William Dalmahoy. The statement by Don in his account 

 of Forfarshire (1812), that it had been seen in such unlikely 

 localities as the mountains of Clova, and on Ben Lawers in 

 August, 1793, may be open to doubt ; but it occurred near 

 Glasgow in 1850 ; and again in 1867, in which year it is also 

 said to have been seen near Aberdeen, and Sir William 

 Jardine recorded an example shot that October in Dum- 

 friesshire. Baikie and Heddle mention two examples in 

 Orkney in 1841, and Saxby says that one was observed in 

 Shetland prior to 1843. 



Passing southwards, the occurrences of the Black-winged 

 Stilt become more numerous. White of Sclborne notices 

 five that were killed out of a fiock of six, that visited 

 Frinsham Pond, a large piece of water lying between 

 Wolmer Forest and the town of Farnham, during the last 

 week of April, 1779 ; one was shot at the same place in 

 1832 (Zool. p. 5041) ; and Mr. WilHam Borrer sent word 

 to the Author that an adult had been shot near Havaut. 

 It has occurred once in Cornwall, several times in Devon, 

 and once near Poole in Dorsetshire, In Sussex one was 

 observed at Bosham in December, 1855, and, again, at 

 Trotton on the 17tli May, 1859, respecting which a re- 

 markably interesting account is given by Mr. A. E. Knox 

 (Ibis, 1859, p. 395). Mr. Harting records (Hbk. Brit. 

 Birds, p. 136) a specimen killed at Faversham, in the 

 Canterbury Museum. Pennant mentions one that was 

 obtained near Oxford, and another appears to have occurred 

 near Henley (Zool. p. 2601). On the 30th January, 1848, 

 a straggler was obtained as far inland as Perlethorpe, 

 Nottinghamshire* ; one was obtained near Thornbury, in 

 Gloucestershire, f and Montagu, in his Supplement, notices 

 one that w^as killed in the Isle of Anglesea. 



Of some specimens killed in Norfolk, the Eev. Richard 

 Lubbock sent to the Author the following account : " On the 



* Stcrland, Birds of Sherwood Forest, p. 194. 

 t Dillwvn, Fauna of Swansea, p. 8. 



