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grounds on July 19th, 1854, at Hartiey Bates; it was a single 
bird and is the earliest I have known killed. I well remember 
picking it up. I thought at the time it was a lovely bird. It 
was beautifully marked, with much of the rich pink colour still 
left on the breast, and it had such a glossy appearance, mixed 
with purple reflections. It was flying along the coast, coming 
over my head when I was sitting amongst rocks on a reach of 
land running out into the sea.” Mr. R. Duncan informs me 
that the day after this he himself shot another specimen, also 
in summer plumage, but a male. 
SANDERLING (Calidris arenaria).—An occasional winter visi- 
tant, decidedly uncommon. 
Rurr (Machetes pugnax).—Formerly of regular occurrence, 
chiefly immature birds, now totally absent. 
Common SanpPIPeR (T'otanus hypoleucus).—As a spring and 
autumn migrant this bird is occasionally seen, generally in Briar 
Dene. It is within the range of possibility that in former years 
this species bred in Briar Dene among the masses of bracken, 
which still abound. The first recorded specimen is in the Hancock 
Museum, in the first plumage, shot on Whitley Sands in 18380. 
RepsHank (7’. calidris)—Formerly a common bird in winter 
on the shore, but now only irregularly seen. 
SportEeD Repswank (7'. fuscus).—A very rare autumn visitant. 
The only record I have is of one obtained in the first plumage 
on August 26th, 1831, at St. Mary’s Island. 
GREENSHANK (7’. canescens).—A rare autumn visitant. I have 
three records of it. One was shot on Sept. 12th, 1843, in the 
first plumage, on Whitley Sands by Mr. C. M. Adamson, who 
mentions it in his ‘Scraps about Birds.’ Another was shot by 
Mr. R. Duncan on August 31st, 1861, in the first plumage, at 
St. Mary’s Island; and the last specimen obtained was shot at 
St. Mary’s Island in 1907. 
Bar-TAILED Gopwit (Limosa lapponica).—A rare autumn and 
winter visitant, of which there are only two records. One was 
shot at St. Mary’s Island on August 80th, 1837, and another, in 
first plumage, on Whitley Sands in October, 1840. The former 
was a male in the red summer plumage, and had not commenced 
to moult. Mr. C. M. Adamson says it was the only red bird he 
had seen shot in Northumberland in autumn. 
