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the autumn. When living in. the Highlands I have 

 noticed these birds as being most destructive in 

 the gardens, feeding greedily on currants, rasp- 

 berries and other fruits. 



I once took a fine male in a trap set for a 

 stoat in the ruins of an old shealing in Perthshire. 

 The bird must have had considerable difficulty in 

 forcing its way up the narrow track that was 

 left open, as we had removed several large stones 

 and then built up the trap and bait in the centre of 

 the wall. 



The specimens in the case were shot in Glen- 

 lyon in Perthshire in May, 1866. 



REDWING. 

 Case 161. 



The Eedwing arrives in the north of Scotland 

 early in the autumn, and gradually spreads itself 

 over the country on the approach of cold weather, 

 leaving our shores in the spring to rear its young 

 in the north of Europe. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in 

 January, 1866, in the neighbourhood of Brighton. 



REDSHANK. (AUTUMN). 

 Case 162. 



The mature bird in autumn plumage and the 

 young of the year are shown in the present case. 



In September, 1873, I shot an immature bird 

 of this species that I mistook for a Spotted Red- 

 shank, while feeding on a mudbank in company 

 with a large flock of other waders. On measuring 

 its legs from the thigh downwards, it was exactly 

 1-j- inches longer than an old bird killed at the same 

 discharge. I should certainly have preserved such 

 a gigantic specimen, had it not been unfortunately 

 plucked by mistake. 



