THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 151 



T. Suharquata. Curlew Sandpiper. 



The Curlew Sandpiper is a periodical visitant, a 

 few immature birds occurring on the Solway in 

 September, when migrating to their winter quarters. 

 In 1884, a young male was shot on the 3rd of 

 September. The Curlew Sandpiper has also been 

 obtained on the vernal migration. Cooper shot two 

 on Kockliife marsh, on May 24th and 27th, 1833, 

 and observed a small flock in May, 1838. Again, 

 in 1885, we had a near view of a Curlew Sandpiper 

 on Rockliffe marsh, on the 9th of May. Inland, 

 the Curlew Sandpiper has once occurred on the 

 border of the county, near Alston. 



T. Striata. Purple Sandpiper. 



The Purple Sandpiper is a winter visitant in 

 very sparing numbers, the sandy shores of Cumber- 

 land being eminently unsuited to this rock-loving 

 species. It occurs in autumn at one or two points 

 of the Cumbrian Solway, but is more frequently 

 met with on the open coast near St. Bees. 



The Purple Sandpiper has occurred inland, a 

 single specimen being felled by the telegraph wires, 

 near Barrock Park, October 24th, 1884. 



T. Canuius. Knot. 



The Knot is a winter visitant, arriving on the 

 Solway and coast in September and October, de- 

 parting in March and April. Odd pairs have been 

 shot on the river Waver in May, which had partly 

 assumed the red breast of summer ; and stragglers 

 have been obtained in that plumage in August. 



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