Mr J, A. Harvic-Brown on the Stockdove. 241 



The bird is a female, and on dissection its stomach was found 

 to contain the remains of beetles, etc. 



The pectoral sandpiper, or Jacksnipc of American autliors, 

 is well known to sportsmen on the other side of the Atlantic, 

 and, according to Dr Elliot Coues, is frequently sought after 

 both on account of its habit of lying till flushed like a true 

 snipe and of its being an excellent bird for the table. It is 

 found in considerable numbers throughout the United States, 

 where, however, according to the author just named, it is 

 chiefly, if not entirely, a bird of passage. It is very abundant 

 in summer in Labrador, where it frequents muddy flats and 

 salt marshes. 



Audubon states that, like the snipe, this sandpiper is 

 partial to damp meadows and marshes, and refers to the fact 

 that, unlike other sandpipers, it does not gather in flocks to 

 any extent, but is found for the most part singly or in pairs. 

 According to Professor Kiimlein, it breeds abundantly in 

 Wisconsin ; and Professor Eeinhardt mentions that it has 

 occurred in three instances in Greenland. The species is 

 likewise found in Central and South America and the West 

 Indies, and Captain Blakiston includes it in his list of the 

 birds of Northern Japan. 



In Great Britain about twenty specimens altogether have 

 been obtained, but, so far as I am aware, this specimen from 

 Loch Lomond is but the second example that has occurred in 

 Scotland, the first having been met with at Donmouth, Aber- 

 deen, on 2d October 1867. 



I am indebted to Mr Small, George Street, for an oppor- 

 tunity of exhibiting the bird, and I have pleasure in drawing 

 attention to it as an interesting addition to our ornithological 

 records for the present year. 



XXIV. On the Stockdove (Columba cenas), ^vith Remarks 

 upon its Extension of Range in Great Britain. By 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, Esq. 



(Read 21st February 1883.) 



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