NOTES ON THE BirRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 109 
A partially white Redshank was frequently seen near 
Glencaple (Caerlaverock) in the winter of 1918-19. 
(Recovery of ringed birds, see p. 31 antea.) 
The GREENSHANK (p. 412). One was shot near Glen- 
caple (Caerlaverock) in November, 1912, and Mr George Rob- 
son informed me that he shot a Greenshank, and saw three 
others, near Caerlaverock on 1oth September, 1921. 
The BAR-TAILED GODWIT (p. 414). Mr E. W. Brook 
informed me that at the end of December, 1920, there were 
several thousand Bar-tailed Godwits frequenting the 
Brewing-Scar off Cummertrees, and a very large flock was 
still there in March, 1921. . 
The BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (p. 415). On 1oth 
October, 1921, Mr E. W. Brook’s brother-in-law shot 38 
Redshanks, 2 Starlings, and 1 Black-tailed Godwit at one 
shot, with a punt-gun, at Waterfoot (Cummertrees). Messrs 
Rowland Ward have informed me that the Black-tailed 
Godwit proved, on dissection, to be a female. 
The COMMON CURLEW (p. 416). It is hardly correct 
to say that ‘‘ the curious rippling crescendo note of the 
Curlew in spring is reserved for those who know the bird at 
its breeding-haunt,’’ for I have heard this note in autumn and 
winter when on the Solway mud-flats; doubtless, however, it 
is best known to those who are familiar with the bird at its 
breeding-haunts among the hills. Curlews usually arrive at 
their nesting-ground towards the end of February but in 1919 
I saw several, at Morton Holm (Morton), on i1oth January. 
Those birds that have bred up in the hills usually come down 
to the lower ground about July, but in 1910 I saw two at 
Auchenhessnane (Tynron), on 26th September; and in 197i 
I saw two, at the same place, so late as 1oth October. I am 
of the opinion that the species is increasing and that it now 
nests at lower altitudes than it did ten years ago. 
On 12th June, 1911, I spent an amusing half-hour watch- 
ing a pair of Curlews buffeting an old blackface ewe which 
was taking much too close an interest, as they thought, in 
their progeny. 
The white Curlew which visited Shinnel Water from 
