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  Sandpipers 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  flock 
  as 
  most 
  waders 
  do, 
  and 
  are 
  

   seldom 
  or 
  never 
  seen 
  in 
  numbers 
  together 
  during 
  autumn 
  migra- 
  

   tion.' 
  Lower 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  Findhorn, 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  says 
  

   that 
  they 
  depart 
  in 
  September. 
  

  

  Totanus 
  ochropus 
  (L.). 
  Green 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  As 
  already 
  related, 
  a 
  Green 
  Sandpiper 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Helmsdale 
  in 
  the 
  

   winter 
  of 
  1879 
  (Fauna 
  of 
  Sutherland 
  and 
  Caithness, 
  p. 
  222). 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Sanquhar 
  near 
  Forres, 
  in 
  August 
  

   1884, 
  and 
  sent 
  by 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  to 
  Harvie-Brown 
  for 
  identifi- 
  

   cation. 
  The 
  specimen 
  was, 
  unfortunately, 
  too 
  far 
  gone 
  for 
  

   preservation. 
  

  

  Another 
  specimen 
  was 
  sent 
  on 
  to 
  Harvie-Brown 
  for 
  identifica- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Gordon, 
  with 
  a 
  note, 
  dated 
  September 
  2, 
  1886. 
  It 
  

   came 
  into 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  when 
  in 
  the 
  flesh, 
  

   and 
  was 
  killed 
  near 
  that 
  town. 
  

  

  [Totanus 
  glareola 
  (Gmel). 
  Wood 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  included 
  as 
  1 
  once 
  only 
  seen 
  in 
  fourteen 
  years 
  at 
  Moy 
  ' 
  

   by 
  Major 
  Chadwick, 
  but 
  it 
  appears 
  uncertain 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  

   Green 
  Sandpiper. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  bred 
  near 
  Elgin 
  (Ibis, 
  1865, 
  

   p. 
  435).] 
  

  

  Totanus 
  calidris 
  (L.). 
  Common 
  Redshank. 
  

  

  Common 
  and 
  resident, 
  going 
  up 
  the 
  straths 
  to 
  breed, 
  and 
  returning 
  

   to 
  the 
  shore 
  directly 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  there. 
  The 
  Red- 
  

   shank 
  arrives 
  at 
  its 
  breeding-grounds 
  in 
  April, 
  and 
  often 
  lays 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  that 
  month, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  taken 
  a 
  full 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  

   May, 
  and 
  the 
  birds 
  do 
  not 
  always 
  lay 
  their 
  four 
  eggs 
  on 
  succes 
  

   sive 
  days. 
  Redshanks 
  always, 
  in 
  our 
  experience, 
  choose 
  green 
  

   ground 
  for 
  nesting 
  on, 
  not 
  heather. 
  

  

  Round 
  Badenloch 
  the 
  birds 
  are 
  very 
  numerous, 
  and 
  make 
  

   their 
  nests 
  in 
  tufts 
  of 
  grass 
  on 
  ground 
  that 
  was 
  once 
  under 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion. 
  They 
  are 
  rather 
  local, 
  because 
  other 
  places, 
  apparently 
  

   possessing 
  the 
  same 
  capabilities, 
  arc 
  frequently 
  unoccupied 
  by 
  

   them. 
  

  

  About 
  Invergarry, 
  Redshanks 
  are 
  common, 
  and 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  