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interesting bird, the Dusky Redshank, was by no 

 means rare. These uttered a curious cry, " Tuh- 

 wheet," which at once called attention to their- 

 presence. They went about singly or in pairs, 

 sometimes in company with Ruffs or common 

 Redshank, and were not very shy. All the speci- 

 mens I noticed were young birds of the year. There 

 were a few Oyster-Catchers, and only one flock of 

 Dunlins. Several large flocks of Little Stints were 

 noticed on August 20th. These remained with us 

 for three weeks. On August 24th, walking on the 

 shore, I put up a small wader whose cry I was not 

 acquainted with. I killed it with a long shot, and 

 found it to be a specimen of Temminck's Stint. 

 It uttered a call like " Skerveek," quite different 

 from the cry of the Little Stint, which is a long- 

 drawn, peeping call. 



Golden Plover were scarce, though I killed a brace 

 on August 25th still in full summer plumage. On 

 August 26th two parties of Wigeon visited us and 

 a family of four Graylag Geese, which, however, 

 only remained for two days. Eleven old male 

 Golden-eyes in eclipse plumage were a special 

 object of the chase. They were extremely shy, 

 and could only be approached on the rare occasions 

 when they fed within shot of the shore. One 

 morning I spied one so feeding on the Salt Lake, 

 and by three advance runs, made when the bird was 

 under water, I got within range of a long shot. As 

 the duck appeared I fired, and he lay kicking on 

 his back. I made sure he was mine, and walked 

 some fifty yards down-wind so as to reach a point 

 where I expected the body to drift in. But alas ! 

 I had not gone twenty yards when the tenacious 



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