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as follows : — " The Turnstone breeds on the Fame 

 Islands, formerly plentifully, now very few." When 

 visiting these islands myself in 1863, I purchased 

 from a fisherman at North Sunderland various eggs 

 which had been taken on the island the previous 

 year ; and amongt them was one which, in the opinion 

 of experienced oologists, could only have belonged to 

 a Turnstone. Mr. Gray says this bird breeds on the 

 Isle of Staffa, and believes that limited numbers will 

 yet be found nesting on the Haskar rocks, the St. 

 Kilda group, and probably the Monach Isles — locali- 

 ties somewhat difficult of access, but well worth the 

 attention of ornithologists. He adds : — " It was sug- 

 gested by the late Dr. Fleming that this species might 

 breed in Shetland, as he had observed it there at all 

 seasons of the year ; and I find it mentioned, in a MS. 

 note by one of the authors of the ' Fauna Orcadensis,' 

 that it breeds in the Orkney Islands." 



Mr. Thompson, in his ' Nat. Hist, of Ireland ' 

 (Birds), vol. ii. p. 120, says, " I am disposed to believe 

 that the Turnstone may breed in Ireland, though no 

 proof can be offered." 



0T8TEE-CATCHEE. Hmmatopus ostralegus (LinnsEus). 



May be found on some part of the coast throughout 

 the year, but is at the same time, to a certain extent, 

 migratory in spring and autumn. 



