126 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Curlew Sandpiper, Erolia ferrtiginea. — Four were at Sinniness 

 Head, Wigtownshire, on ist May. 



Little Stint, Erolia minuta viinuta. — Single birds are recorded 

 from Fair Isle on 8th and 12th September. 



Purple Sandpiper, Ei-olia viarltinia maritima. — Last seen, 

 Isle of May on 15th May. Recorded at Hyskeir on 29th May, 

 ist and 8th June, and 4th July ; a considerable arrival after 

 26th August. 



Common Sandpiper, Tringa hypohiica. — First noted at Busby, 

 Clyde, on 9th April, Hareshawmuir (800 ft. up) on nth, and 

 Malzie Burn, Wigtownshire, on 14th April ; thereafter the spread 

 was rapid, and by the end of April the breeding birds seem mostly to 

 have been settled in. One on the Isle of May on 7th and nth May 

 may have been going to breed overseas. Movement was apparent 

 in autumn by 3rd July and continued throughout August ; last seen, 

 Fair Isle on 5th September, and Gillespie shore, Wigtownshire, 

 on 19th September. 



Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus. — See p. 73. 



Redshank, Tringa totanns. — Many returns to breeding 

 quarters are noted during March, and flocks back at Kingoodie 

 and Invergowrie (on the Tay) by 12th June, while on 28/29th 

 September numbers were at the Hyskeir lantern. A Redshank 

 ringed at Torrance, Stirlingshire, on 26th May 1918, was recovered 

 near Preston, Lanes., on 19th November 1921 (2. xvi. 17). 



Greenshank, Tringa nehiilaria. — One was seen in the West 

 Highlands "passing on migration" on 12th April. One was 

 seen frequently on Hyskeir from 15th to 24th July, one in 

 Monifieth Bay on 25th August, and one on the Isla at Coupar- 

 Angus on 4th September. 



Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarus. — See p. 73. 



Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus. — Had returned 

 to one of its breeding places on 22nd May. 



Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica lapponica. — A flock of 

 eighty was seen in Tayport Bay on 12th March, and by i6th July 

 forty had returned to this locality. After this there are many notes 

 of arrival up to iGth September. 



Whimbrel, Niimeniiis phceopus phcEOpus. — First recorded from 

 the West Highlands on 30th April, Sinniness Head, Wigtownshire, 

 on ist May, and the Isle of May next day. Thereafter a good 

 many notes of movement occur up to 5th June. A few were seen 

 on Hyskeir on 8th, 12th, 13th, and 14th June, loth and 14th July, 



