﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

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  Gallinago 
  cselestis, 
  Frenzel. 
  Common 
  Snipe. 
  

  

  Abundant, 
  and 
  breeds 
  freely 
  in 
  all 
  suitable 
  grounds. 
  

  

  Gallinago 
  gal 
  I 
  inula, 
  Linn. 
  Jack 
  Snipe. 
  

  

  " 
  Generally 
  reported 
  a 
  winter 
  visitor 
  as 
  perhaps 
  most 
  are 
  

   here. 
  In 
  autumn 
  seldom 
  observed 
  till 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  October. 
  

   . 
  . 
  . 
  In 
  their 
  favourite 
  localities 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  certainly 
  found 
  

   far 
  on 
  in 
  spring. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  even 
  late 
  in 
  June, 
  and 
  

   once 
  found 
  in 
  June, 
  1848, 
  a 
  nest 
  of 
  four 
  eggs." 
  (S. 
  Burnett's 
  

   MS.) 
  

  

  Although 
  common 
  in 
  winter, 
  the 
  above 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  record 
  

   of 
  nesting 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  " 
  Dee 
  " 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  aware. 
  

  

  Genus 
  TRINGA, 
  Linn. 
  

   [Tringa 
  maculata, 
  Vieillot. 
  Pectoral 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  " 
  An 
  immature 
  bird 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  at 
  Don- 
  

   mouth, 
  on 
  the 
  2nd 
  October, 
  1867." 
  (Gray.)] 
  

  

  Tringa 
  alpina, 
  Linn. 
  Dunlin. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  during 
  spring 
  and 
  autumn 
  migrations, 
  especially 
  

   the 
  latter. 
  A 
  few 
  remain 
  with 
  us 
  during 
  summer 
  and 
  breed 
  

   about 
  the 
  links 
  of 
  St. 
  Fergus, 
  Loch 
  of 
  Strathbeg, 
  and 
  other 
  

   suitable 
  localities. 
  

  

  Tringa 
  minuta, 
  Leister. 
  Little 
  Stint. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  during 
  autumn, 
  at 
  which 
  period 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  feeding 
  about 
  the 
  mud 
  flats 
  of 
  the 
  Don 
  and 
  

   Ythan, 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  frequently 
  obtained 
  it. 
  

  

  In 
  its 
  autumnal 
  southern 
  flight, 
  the 
  Little 
  Stint 
  sometimes 
  

   strikes 
  lighthouses, 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  dead 
  or 
  dying 
  by 
  the 
  keepers. 
  

  

  Tringa 
  temmincki, 
  Leisler. 
  Temminck's 
  Stint 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  bird 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  Old 
  

   Aberdeen 
  Links, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  in 
  August, 
  1871, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  second 
  week 
  of 
  June, 
  1872, 
  a 
  second 
  

   specimen." 
  (Taylor's 
  MS.) 
  

  

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