103 NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
tions and all that I can ascertain is that in 1911 a pair of 
birds were repeatedly seen from May onwards and that in 
September one Ruff, believed to have been a young bird, was 
shot, out of a lot of five, on Kirkconnell merse opposite Caer- 
laverock. 
The COMMON SANDPIPER (p. 404). I have never 
seen this species inland locally as late as in 1910 when, on 
18th August, I shot one on the river Scaur near Capenoch. 
The GREEN SANDPIPER (p. 406). I am informed 
that a Green Sandpiper was shot at the mouth of the Annan 
about 1903. A pair of these birds was seen at Morton Loch 
(Morton) on 8th August, 1911, by my friend, Mr Henry Birk- 
beck who is intimately acquainted with the species in Nor- 
folk. A Green Sandpiper which was seen in the flesh at the 
shop of Messrs Small & Son, bird stuffers, Edinburgh, by 
Mr W. Evans, on 25th November 1912, had been shot at 
Dalswinton (Kirkmahoe). Mr E. W. Brook informs me that 
he shot a bird of the species at Meinfoot (Cummertrees) on 
29th December, 1913. 
The REDSHANK (p. 408). I saw a pair near Waterside 
(Keir) on 15th March, 1911, which is an early date for their 
appearance so far inland. Redshanks continue to increase 
as an inland breeding species and they are now seen at 
seasons which formerly would have been regarded as extra- 
ordinary. A pair was seen at Peelton (Glencairn) in 1912, on 
28th February; and in 1917 I saw a single bird at Byreholm 
(Keir) on 31st January and again on 3rd February. These 
birds usually leave their inland breeding haunts in July or 
August, but in 1917 I heard a Redshank calling near Byre- 
holm on 31st October. 
I am informed by Mr J. Bartholomew that this species 
nested for the first time on Kinnelhead farm (altitude above 
1000 feet), in Kirkpatrick-Juxta parish, in 1911. I saw a 
Redshank near Langshawburn farm (altitude about 1290 
feet), in Eskdalemuir parish, on 24th May, 1911, and a pair 
near Shiel Loch (altitude about 1500 feet) in Penpont parish, 
on 25th April, 1921, 
