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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Edward 
  meant 
  the 
  natural 
  break-water 
  of 
  shingle 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  Deveron 
  at 
  Banff).] 
  

  

  Tringa 
  subarquata 
  (Guld.). 
  Curlew 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  St. 
  John 
  remarks 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  visits 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Morayshire 
  

   regularly 
  in 
  September, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  considerable 
  flocks 
  

   of 
  them. 
  A 
  few 
  remain 
  through 
  the 
  winter, 
  and 
  are 
  then 
  generally 
  

   found 
  singly. 
  O. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Lee 
  found 
  seven 
  specimens 
  among 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  

   Dunlins 
  on 
  August 
  24th, 
  1887. 
  

  

  Edward 
  can 
  only 
  claim 
  to 
  have 
  ' 
  met 
  with 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   which 
  I 
  can 
  speak 
  with 
  certainty.' 
  But, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  rare 
  about 
  Findhorn 
  Bay 
  (auct. 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres). 
  Mr. 
  John 
  

   H. 
  Teesdale, 
  who 
  has 
  kindly 
  sent 
  us 
  some 
  notes 
  on 
  birds 
  seen 
  in 
  

   Findhorn 
  Bay 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1892, 
  remarks: 
  'I 
  noticed 
  the 
  

   partiality 
  this 
  bird 
  had 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  stone 
  surrounded 
  by 
  water,' 
  an 
  

   observation 
  also 
  made 
  by 
  Brown. 
  

  

  Tringa 
  striata, 
  L. 
  Purple 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  Helmsdale, 
  as 
  far 
  

   as 
  Brora 
  and 
  Golspie, 
  the 
  low 
  rocks 
  and 
  stones 
  being 
  exactly 
  

   suited 
  to 
  it. 
  Farther 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  only 
  an 
  

   occasional 
  winter 
  visitant, 
  though 
  St. 
  John 
  remarks 
  that 
  it 
  left 
  

   his 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  during 
  that 
  season, 
  and 
  only 
  appeared 
  in 
  

   autumn. 
  

  

  Edward 
  has 
  seen 
  twenty-three 
  killed 
  at 
  one 
  shot. 
  Smith 
  does 
  

   not 
  include 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  lists, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  

   Banff 
  Museum. 
  It 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Brown 
  as 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence 
  

   near 
  Forres. 
  

  

  Tringa 
  canutus, 
  L. 
  Knot. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  abundant 
  autumn 
  and 
  winter 
  visitant 
  to 
  certain 
  localities. 
  

   St. 
  John 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  immense 
  flocks 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  between 
  

   the 
  Nairn 
  and 
  the 
  Findhorn. 
  On 
  the 
  Dornoch 
  Firth 
  it 
  is 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Jennings 
  writes 
  that 
  it 
  occurs 
  there 
  1 
  at 
  

   times 
  in 
  immense 
  flocks.' 
  Booth 
  mentions 
  meeting 
  with 
  several 
  

   large 
  flocks, 
  ' 
  composed 
  entirely 
  of 
  immature 
  birds,' 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   locality, 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  July 
  8th, 
  1868. 
  Occasionally 
  flocks 
  come 
  up 
  

   the 
  Beauly 
  Firth, 
  but 
  wading 
  birds 
  are 
  not 
  generally 
  so 
  numerous 
  

  

  