162 THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 



male was shot on RocklifFe marsh in August, and 

 a few occurrences followed at long intervals until 

 1884, when two immature birds were shot at 

 Bowness and Skinburness respectively, in September 

 and October. Their long tarsi and toes were of a 

 delicate slate-grey, many shades lighter than the 

 tarsi of the Bar-tailed Godwit. An adult in 

 breeding plumage, shot on Burgh marsh in May, 

 1876, is in the possession of Mr. W. H. Doeg. 



Genus NUMENIUS. 



N. Phceopus. Whimbrel. 



The Whimbrel is a numerous periodical visitant, 

 in May and August, frequenting the margins of the 

 higher salt marshes at the former season, but almost 

 entirely restricted during autumn, like the Bar-tailed 

 Godwit, to the lower portion of the Solway. Mr. 

 Tremble has only shot a single Whimbrel at Burgh 

 in autumn, in his twenty odd years' experience. 

 Stragglers accidentally linger into November on the 

 Solway, as happened in 1883, when we handled a 

 fresh killed bird in the middle of the month. In 

 1884, we saw a good many on the Solway in 

 September, but they generally hurry south in 

 autumn. 



N. Arquata. Curlew. 



The Curlew is an abundant resident, nesting 

 plentifully on our fells and inland mosses, and in 

 lesser numbers in fields and mosses near the coast. 



