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The Red-NEC IvED Phalarope {rhalaropus hyperboreus). One, Yar- 

 mouth (Norfolk), September 15th. 



The Great Sniff. (Galiina(/o major). Single birds were shot at High 

 Dam, Eaglesham, August 23rd, Arkingarth-dale (Yorkshire), 

 September 16th, Holt (Denbigh) and Shap (Westmoreland), 

 September 23rd. 



Baird's Sandpiper (Tringa bairdi). Female shot, St. Kilda, September 

 28th. 



The Little Stint {Tringa minuta). One, Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 August 30th ; one, Largo Bay (Fife), September 4th and oth ; 

 two. Fair Isle, 11th ; one, Pevensey (Sussex), 26th ; five, East- 

 bourne (Sussex), 25th and seven, October 6th ; a few, Humber 

 shore (Yorkshire), October 9th to 16th. 



The Purple Sandpiper [Tringa striata). Arrivals, Pentland Skerries 

 (Orkney), July 22nd and Flannan Islands (Outer Hebrides), 

 August 1st; many arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland), November 4th; 

 maay, Tiree (Argyll), 12th ; two, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 19th ; 

 many, Inchkeith (Forth), 23rd. 



The Ruff ( Machetes pugnax) . One, Largo Bay (Fife) , July 30th ; one, 

 Balgray Dam (E. Renfrew), August 17th and 26tli, two on 

 20th and 22nd, three on 27th and one on September I7th and 

 23rd and October 8th ; two, Fair Isle, August 28th ; two males, 

 Moray Firth, September 1st ; female, Findhorn Baj^, 5tli ; female 

 shot, Boj'ton Hall Marsh (Suffolk), 11th; female, Moray Firth, 

 12th; one shot, near Glencaple, Caerlaverock, in September. 



The Wood-Sandpiper [Totanus glareola). Female shot, Morton Loch 

 (N. Fife), August 1st; one seen daily, Ciliau Aerou (Cardigan), 

 August 12th to September 2nd ; one seen, Whittinghame (North- 

 umberland), December 12th. 



The Spotted Redshank (Totanus fuscus). One caught, Iluoiberstone 



(Lincoln), September 1st. 

 The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa la^jponica). Two, Taymouth, July 

 15th ; two. Largo Bay (Fifej, 30th ; large flocks arrived, Aberlady 

 (Haddington), August 7th; arrivals. Largo Bay, 10th to 13th; 

 several arrived, Breydon (Norfolk), 26th ; six, Moray Firth, 

 September 1st; one, near Exeter (Devon), 5th ; five, Castletown 

 shore (Isle of Man), 11th ; arrivals, Balgray (Clyde), 17th and 

 24th; five. Luce Bay (Wigtown), 21st; many, Edenmouth and 

 one or two. Dee Estuary (Cheshire), 23rd ; one, S. Yorkshire 

 coast, October 7th ; twelve, near Liverpool (Lancashire), 29th ; 

 two, Dee Estuary, November 4th. 

 The Black-tailed Godwit [Limosa belgica). Four, Silloth (Cumber- 

 land), August 15th and three on 22nd ; few, Tiree (Argyll), 18th 

 and 19th ; one, Breydon- (Norfolk), 26th ; one, Skinburness 

 (Cumberland), 27th and three on 30th; four, Balgr.iy (Clyde), 

 September 3rd and 10th and two on 17th; two, Cromarty Firth, 



