in the Vicinity of Carlisle, in 1830. 44*7 



tation, extracted from the Magazine of Natural History *, that 

 it is not considered by any means rare in some parts of Corn- 

 wall. " Not uncommon on the coast in winter, but their ha- 

 bits make them seem so rare. They never perch on rocks or 

 the sands, but alight on the water with ease, and are capable 

 of swimming against a rapid tide. Not shy." 



138. Dusky Sandpiper {Totanus fuscus). — A specimen of 

 this very elegant Sandpiper was shot in Solway Firth near 

 Bowness on the 13th of October. It was a female; the sto- 

 mach was empty, and it barely weighed four ounces four 

 drams. The plumage agreed in almost every respect with the 

 figure and description of the Spotted Snipe, given by Mon- 

 tagu in the Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary; 

 which, according to Temminck, is a young bird of the year. 



This is unquestionably one of the rarest of the British Sand- 

 pipers, and in very few cabinets. Pennant records a solitary 

 specimen killed in Anglesea; Bewick two in the north; two 

 others came into the possession of Montagu, both taken in 

 Devonshire; and the authors of the Catalogue of the Norfolk 

 and Suffolk Birds mention four more, — three shot in the vicinity 

 of Yarmouth, the fourth near Ipswich f. It appears also to 

 have occurred on the coast near Whitehaven %. 



139. Redshank [Totanus Calidris). — Three or four Red- 

 shanks were shot on Br ugh Marsh on the 20th of August. 

 This species used formerly to be considered somewhat rare in 

 this neighbourhood ; but during the last few years several 

 have come under our inspection. 



140. Green Sandpiper [Totanus ochropus). — A specimen of 

 this elegant bird was killed near Walby on the 1st of Sep- 

 tember, which is the third we have seen within a few years. 



1 56. Knot ( Tringa Canutus). Three Knots were shot on 

 the coast on the 9th or 10th of September, and are we believe 

 the first birds of this species that have been detected in the 

 neighbourhood of Carlisle. 



158. Ruff (Tringa pugnax). — During the month of Sep- 

 tember five or six of these birds were obtained, one near Park 

 House, a second on the coast, and two others not far from 

 Kirklinton. There was little or no variety in their plumage, 

 being all females or young birds. 



We cannot find that the Ruff has been noticed in this part 

 of the county before. 



159. Turnstone {Strepsilas Interpres). — A small flock of 



* vol. iii. p. 177. 



f Transactions of the Linnean Society, vol. xv. p. 44. 



% Magazine of Natural History, vol. iii. p. 171. 



Turn- 



