268 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Chaj!?nel Islands. — Jersey. — One in Mr. Romeril's collection 

 was shot from a party of four about thirty years ago (A. Mackay, 

 Zool, 1904, p. 379). 



AMERICAN STINT Tringa minutilla Vieill. S. page 587. 



Cornwall. — One " was killed by a fisherman near Mousehole 

 in September, 1890, and was bought in the flesh by W. E. 

 Baily, of Paull, in Avhose collection the writer saw it in Feb- 

 ruary, 1902, incorrectly labelled ' Tringa minuta ' " (J. Clark, 

 Zool, 1907, p. 286). 



CURLEW-SANDPIPER Tringa suharquata (Guld.). 

 S. page 591. 



Nesting. — ^Found nesting numerously in June, 1901, by the 

 late Dr. H. Walter in the TaimjT Peninsula (H. E. Dresser. 

 Ibis, 1904, p. 231). 



KNOT Tringa canutus L. S. page 595. 



Nesting. — Found nesting in June, 1901, by the late Dr. H. 

 Walter in the Taimyr Peninsula. The eggs vary greatly in form, 

 size, and coloration ; the nests — depressions Hned with a few 

 dry grass-bents and wliite tangle — were placed in grassy places 

 on the Tundra ; the incubating male (or female) did not leave 

 the nest until almost trodden on, when it puffed out its 

 feathers until it appeared almost double its normal size ; 

 the male was most careful of the young, but the female appeared 

 as an uninterested spectator (H. E. Dresser, Ibis, 1904, p. 232). 

 A clutch of eggs was taken in Hrisey, in the north of Iceland, 

 on June 17th, 1898, and the bird belonging to it is stated to 

 have been watched at a few yards' distance by a competent 

 observer — E. Moller, a collector in Iceland, now dead (Otto 

 Ottosson, tc, 1905, p. 105). 



Distribution. — T. canutus is an irregular visitor to India 

 on migration as well as T. crassirostris (F. Finn, t.c, p. 351). 

 Dr. V. Bianchi has informed us that T. canutus is common on 

 the Yenesei and Lena Rivers. 



RUFF Machetes pugnax (L.). S. page 599. 



Durham. — ^Nested in 1901, 2 and 3 near the mouth 

 of the Tees, and not on the Yorkshire side as stated antea Vol. L, 

 p. 68 (T. H. Nelson, Ibis, 1906, p. 735 and in litt.). 



Hebrides. — Six records for the Outer Hebi'ides are detailed 

 (J. A. Harvie-Bro\^Ti, Ann. S.N.H., 1903, p. 13). South Harris. | 

 —A male, autumn, 1906 {Field, 29, ix., 06, p. 580). Coll.— [ 

 One about September 16th, 1905 {t.c, 1906, p. 201). 



