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Resident between its summer haunts in the north-east and its 

 winter haunts. 



This is another species which is distinctly on the increase. In 

 central Scotland the increase is very marked indeed. I consider 

 it mainly due to a natural increase, and less to any "crushing down,'"' 

 even in 1906, but I cannot entirely leave out the latter consideration 

 without doing violence to my convictions. 



Very common in Rannoch, all the way between Loch Luydon in 

 the extreme north-west and down the Gower river to Loch Eannoch 

 and to Kinloch, and generally where suitable. Rare on Loch Ericht 

 side, and not abundant about Dalwhinnie, nor at Dnimouchter or 

 Dalnacardoch. though I can remember it being more so about 1860. 

 About that time also it was far from uncommon on the other side of 

 the boundaries between Tay and Spey (Moray). 



Col. Drummond Hay spoke of it, along with other Waders, as 

 having become scarcer by 1874 on the tidal parts of Tay. 



Both at Dalwhinnie and in the upper reaches of Spey (Moray) 

 its haunts seemed to have been finally (?) taken up by the larger 

 species, the Greenshank. soon after that time. 



[Totanus glareola {G-md.). Wood Sandpiper. 



Very rare occasional visitant in autnmn (?). 



Mr. Whirtaker— in " Some Notes from Perthshire " {Z&ol, 1876, p. 5101) 

 — mentions a specimen of this species having been seen by him on the Moor 

 of Rannoch — Loch Eigheach — on 2<Jth June, but the bird disappeared about 

 a -week after. However, the description of the bird and colour of the legs 

 clearly point to the bird seen having been the rather less rare Green Sandpiper, 

 as pointed out at the time by the editor. 



Meanwhile, as the only record, I must retain it in brackets.] 



[Tetanus fuscus (L.). Spotted Redshank. 



Doubtful One is given as having been got at the Montrose Basin, but I have 

 failed to trace the exact record. Xo doubt the loss of the records of the 

 Montrose Museum makes many gaps in our sequence.] 



Totanus canescens (Gmel). Greenshank. 



Fairly common summer visitant in the interior. Generally whollv a 

 migrant, but some only locally so, going to haunts by the sea where 

 individuals may be seen almost all winter, but rarely in parties, and 

 only as single examples. Breeds, and is increasing, or otherwise 

 drifting south-eastwards from older occupations in the north-west, 



