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not breed. Two examples of the Little Stint were killed on 

 Sept. 19th, 1857. They were at first identified as Temminck's 

 Stint, and this has caused some confusion in the record. Tem- 

 minck's Stint was evidently obtained several times by Pechell 

 previous to 1863. F. E. Eodd, in the notes drawn up by him 

 that year, not only says that it had been secured by Pechell, but 

 comments on its remarkable tameness, and on its being gener- 

 ally seen by the side of the fresh-water ponds. The first speci- 

 men, however, that can be traced was shot in October, 1864. 

 Several have been shot since by Pechell and Jenkinson in the 

 autumn, and for the most part at Newford Pool, St. Mary's. The 

 Curlew- Sandpiper is not infrequently seen in the early autumn, 

 with Dunlins and other shore birds, more especially on Samson 

 and Bryher. Several females with red breasts were shot by 

 Pechell in 1865. The Purple Sandpiper can generally be seen 

 during the winter, either singly or in small parties, about Ship- 

 man Head, Menavawr, and Eound Island. It usually dis- 

 appears from the islands about the beginning of April, and 

 sometimes earlier, but a casual flock visited Annett in May, 

 1877. F. E. Eodd, in the 1863 notes, regards the Knot as a 

 very rare bird at Scilly. At that time he had never seen it on 

 the islands, and Pechell and he knew of only one occasion on 

 which it had been killed, namely, in September, 1857. It is 

 now probably a regular visitor in small flocks in August and 

 September, but has not been recorded in the spring. The 

 Sanderling appears in the autumn in large flocks, and excep- 

 tionally, as in November, 1902, several hundred birds may be on 

 the islands at one time. On its first arrival it is remarkably 

 tame. Occasional flocks come in during the winter, and birds 

 are not infrequently seen in May. These May birds are gener- 

 ally immature, but on the 20th of that month, 1903, several 

 specimens were seen in summer plumage. Three examples of 

 the Euff in immature plumage have been obtained at Scilly — 

 one by Jenkinson in the autumn of 1864, one by Dorrien-Smith 

 on Sept. 2nd, 1878, on the Abbey Pool, Tresco, and one by 

 Jenkinson in March, 1885. A solitary example of the Buff- 

 breasted Sandpiper was shot by Pechell beside the fresh-water 

 pool on the west of Bryher on Sept. 16th, 1870. In 1863 Pechell 

 and F. E. Eodd knew of only a single instance of the occurrence 



