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Totanus canescens (Gmelin). GREENSHANK. 
Thinly distributed and local. Two or three pairs breed 
annually on the moorlands adjoining both lowland and hill 
lochs in Applecross. Reported as fairly numerous in Dun- 
donnell. 
Numenius arquata (Linn.). COMMON CURLEW. 
Very local, and not common as a breeding species, and 
appears to be confined to the low-lying ground at the heads 
and along the shores of the lochs. Small flocks of non- 
breeding birds seen on the shores of Loch Torridon through- 
out the summer. 
Sterna macrura, Vawm. ARncTic TERN. 
Common summer visitant to the shores and islands of the 
sea-lochs. The small colony on the storm-beach at the head 
of Loch Torridon was reduced to three pairs in 1890, but 
increased to fifteen pairs in 1892. Breeds on most of the 
islands in Outer Loch Torridon, and on islets in fresh-water 
lochs in Gairloch. 
[Sterna fluviatilis, Vawm. Common TERN. 
Has not yet been distinguished in this district, but most 
probably occurs, though more sparingly than S. macrura.] 
Larus ridibundus, Zinn. BLACK-HEADED GULL. 
We have no information as to the breeding of this gull in 
the Applecross district, but a few yearly visit Loch Torridon 
after the nesting-season. 
Larus canus, Linn. COMMON GULL. 
The most abundant gull of the district. Breeds on islands 
in, and on the shores of, Outer Loch Torridon. There is also 
a colony of forty to fifty pairs on an islet in Loch Lundie, 
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