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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  St. 
  John 
  remarks 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  common, 
  though 
  not 
  numerous. 
  

   0. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Lee 
  has 
  seen 
  them 
  near 
  Forres 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  

   August, 
  and 
  Booth 
  obtained 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  Dornoch 
  Firth 
  in 
  

   June 
  1869. 
  

  

  Edward 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  a 
  regular 
  visitant, 
  generally 
  arriving 
  in 
  August, 
  

   a 
  few 
  remaining 
  over 
  the 
  winter. 
  Edward 
  adds 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  met 
  

   with 
  in 
  summer,' 
  but 
  by 
  this 
  we 
  believe 
  late 
  spring 
  is 
  intended 
  ; 
  

   and 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  says, 
  bearing 
  upon 
  this: 
  — 
  ' 
  Common. 
  Appears 
  

   in 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  September 
  and 
  departs 
  in 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  spring.' 
  

  

  Totanus 
  hypoleucus 
  (L.). 
  Common 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Kittieneedie, 
  Sanny 
  (i.e. 
  Sandy). 
  

  

  We 
  doubt 
  if 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stream 
  of 
  any 
  size 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  

   inhabited 
  by 
  several 
  pairs 
  of 
  these 
  birds; 
  every 
  burn, 
  river, 
  or 
  

   loch 
  we 
  have 
  visited 
  has 
  its 
  population 
  of 
  Common 
  Sandpipers. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Muirhead 
  says 
  they 
  are 
  particularly 
  abundant 
  about 
  Glen 
  

   Urquhart, 
  more 
  especially 
  at 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Coilty. 
  

   We 
  have 
  only 
  twice 
  observed 
  this 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  shore, 
  and 
  

   obtained 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  Edward 
  says: 
  — 
  'Common.' 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  0. 
  Wilson: 
  — 
  'Very 
  com- 
  

   mon.' 
  It 
  is 
  not, 
  however, 
  in 
  Smith's 
  list, 
  nor 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

   Banff 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  lower 
  reaches 
  of 
  Deveron 
  

   down 
  from 
  Beldornie, 
  but 
  rarer 
  higher 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  In 
  July 
  1890 
  

   it 
  was 
  almost, 
  if 
  not 
  quite, 
  absent 
  in 
  Upper 
  and 
  Lower 
  Cabrach, 
  

   having 
  already 
  migrated 
  ; 
  during 
  two 
  successive 
  Julys 
  we 
  noticed 
  

   their 
  rarity 
  there. 
  In 
  July 
  1890 
  Harvie-Brown 
  was 
  there 
  for 
  a 
  

   fortnight 
  during 
  that 
  month, 
  and 
  saw 
  very 
  few 
  indeed, 
  though 
  it 
  

   was 
  a 
  fine 
  warm, 
  dry 
  season. 
  In 
  1891 
  — 
  a 
  cold, 
  wet, 
  boisterous 
  

   time 
  — 
  he 
  was 
  there 
  again 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  and 
  the 
  Common 
  

   Sandpiper 
  was 
  utterly 
  absent, 
  though 
  it 
  was 
  common 
  in 
  Upper 
  

   Cabrach 
  in 
  June 
  1892. 
  The 
  Common 
  Sandpiper 
  migrates 
  south- 
  

   wards 
  very 
  early. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Findhorn 
  we 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  Towards 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  July 
  Sandpipers 
  are 
  less 
  seen 
  near 
  their 
  own 
  breeding 
  

   haunts, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  reaches 
  of 
  our 
  streams 
  are 
  almost 
  depopu- 
  

   lated 
  of 
  them. 
  They 
  have 
  begun 
  to 
  move 
  away, 
  taking 
  up 
  the 
  

   feeding-grounds 
  left 
  behind 
  by 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  ; 
  for 
  

  

  