THE SANDERLING. 121 



pleasure of seeing a pair of turnstones in company with a few ring 

 plover. I could not find their nest; but they probably either 

 have or will have one there, as they were so tame as to come 

 within shot. At Gransha point I saw a flock of above twenty 

 turnstones ; which were very wary, and did not seem to have 

 paired. They are called stone-raws by the shooters here." On 

 the 6th of June one of these birds, feeding among the rocks at 

 the largest of the Sovereign islands, coast of Cork, was disturbed 

 by a party landing there ; within a few yards of which, it flew.* 

 Against the turnstone breeding in Ireland, however, is the impor- 

 tant fact of its being unknown to do so in any part of Great Britain 

 or the adjacent islands. Mr. Hewitson remarks, in his work on 

 the eggs of British Birds : — " I have never heard of an instance 

 of the turnstone breeding upon the British islands; although led 

 to expect it from having at various times seen several of the birds 

 upon the Northumberland coast, and also upon the Shetland 

 islands, during the months of summer. These are, however, 

 usually in small flocks, and most probably yet immature," (p. 263) . 

 In Orkney, too, it is remarked : — " A few occasionally remain 

 during summer ; but we have never heard of their being known 

 to breed." t 



THE SANDEELING. 



Calidris arenaria, Linn, (sp.) 

 Tringa „ 



Is met with occasionally on most of the low coasts of the 

 island ; 



But can hardly be called an inhabitant of any parts, excepting 

 where extensive sandy beaches prevail : it breeds in more northern 

 latitudes. J This bird cannot be termed common. The remark 



* Mr. Robert Warren, jun. f Hist. Nat. Oread, p. 60 (1848). 



% Wilson, iu his American Ornithology, well observes that " these birds are most 

 numerous on extensive sandy beaches in front of the ocean." His brief description 



