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taken, I suppose, by a cat. It became fairly tame, but never 

 familiar. It would not trouble itself to run much out of the 

 way, and, if lifted, would sit quietly in the hand, but it never 

 came to a person." 



Mr. Monteith-Ogilvie sends us an account of the occurrence 

 in Papa Westray of that variety of the common species known 

 as Sabine's Snipe, which he unfortunately was unable to pro- 

 cure ; this was in December 1889. 



Gallinago gallinula (L). Jack Snipe. 



A common winter visitor, at times arriving as early as the middle 

 of September, though October is the more usual period. 



Tringa maculata, Fieill. Pectoral Sandpiper, 



On August 26th, 1889, a Pectoral Sandpiper was shot at the loch 

 of Burness, Westray, by Mr. F. Monteith-Ogilvie, who has 

 kindly sent us a notice of it. Mr. Monteith Ogilvie skinned the 

 bird, and sent it to Mr. Gunn, Norwich, to be set up : here the 

 bird was identified by Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., who also came 

 to the conclusion that it was an adult female. The body has 

 been preserved in spirits. 



As the Pectoral Sandpiper is a very rare bird in Scotland, 

 we give the whole account as it appeared in the Zoologist. 



" The Pectoral Sandpiper in Orkney. On the 28th August 

 I received a freshly-skinned example of the Pectoral Sandpiper, 

 Tringa maculata, Vieillot, together with the body, for dissection, 

 from Mr. F. Monteith-Ogilvie, and as this species is of rare 

 occurrence in the British Islands the following particulars of its 

 capture, kindly furnished by Mr. Ogilvie, will be of interest : 

 * This bird was secured when Snipe-shooting round the edge of 

 a loch in Westray, Orkney, Aug. 26th, 1889, strong W.N.W. 

 breeze a week before. It rose in company with two or three full 

 Snipe, without calling, and I imagined it was a Jack Snipe 

 which had arrived earlier than usual. I shot at two of the full 

 Snipe, missing the second one, and I then became aware that 

 the bird flushed with the Snipe was calling a note which I did 



