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was shot on RocklifFe marsh on September 25th, 

 1835, by J. Cooper. A high tide had covered the 

 whole of the marsh, with the exception of a few 

 elevated patches, on one of which the bird was 

 observed, feeding busily. The stomach contained 

 the elytra of some small coleoptera. [Loud., Mag. 

 N. H., Vol. IX, 1836, p. 186.) 



Mr. C M. Adamson states that in June, 1858, 

 he found this specimen in a ruined condition. (More 

 Scraps about Birds, p. Q7.) 



Genus LIMOSA. 



L. Lapponica. Bar-tailed Godavit. 



The Bar-tailed Godwit is a periodical visitant, 

 of reofular occurrence on our estuaries on migfration. 

 A few small parties winter on the Solway. Jardine 

 observes that he never failed to meet with specimens 

 at the end of August and in September (and our 

 own experience is similar), at Skinburness and on 

 the Wampool ; but the open coast and the higher 

 portions of the Solway are not so favoured, though 

 odd birds are shot on the salt marshes of Buro-h 

 and Bockliffe, and even at Carlisle. Mr. Adamson 

 shrewdly remarks that he did not see this wader 

 on the Solway " in such flocks as come to the 

 Northumberland coast at this season" (September). 



L. JEgocephala. Black-tailed Godwit. 



The Black-tailed Godwit is a rare casual visitant 

 to the Solway, but has not been detected in any 

 other part of the county. In 1832, an immature 



