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  This 
  bird 
  is 
  often 
  called 
  the 
  Silver 
  Plover, 
  and 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  confused 
  with 
  the 
  Grey 
  Plover. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MACHETES, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Machetes 
  pugnax, 
  Linn. 
  Ruff. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  passes 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  in 
  March, 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  

   to 
  their 
  breeding 
  haunts, 
  at 
  which 
  times 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  heard 
  

   uttering 
  their 
  cry 
  as 
  they 
  fly 
  and 
  wheel 
  around 
  Aberdeen 
  after 
  

   nightfall. 
  They 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  and 
  heard, 
  however, 
  in 
  greater 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  their 
  autumnal 
  flight, 
  at 
  which 
  season 
  I 
  have 
  

   observed 
  them 
  in 
  large 
  flocks 
  upon 
  the 
  marshy 
  ground 
  near 
  

   Don-mouth. 
  From 
  these 
  flocks 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  are 
  

   obtained, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  nearly 
  all 
  immature 
  birds. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CALIDRIS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

   Calidris 
  arenaria, 
  Linn. 
  Sanderling. 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  autumn 
  visitor, 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   numbers 
  upon 
  the 
  sandy 
  shores 
  of 
  " 
  Dee," 
  some 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   remaining 
  well 
  through 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  [It 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  Horn 
  and 
  by 
  Serle 
  that 
  "a 
  few 
  remain 
  all 
  

   summer."] 
  

  

  Genus 
  TRYNGITES, 
  Cabinis. 
  

  

  Tryngites 
  rufescens, 
  Vieillot. 
  Buff-breasted 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  

   possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Wilson, 
  Methlick, 
  who 
  informs 
  me 
  by 
  

   letter 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  killed 
  it 
  myself, 
  second 
  week 
  of 
  August, 
  1862, 
  near 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Ythan." 
  

  

  Genus 
  TRINGOIDES, 
  Bonaparte. 
  

  

  Tringoides 
  hypoleucus, 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  Sandpiper. 
  

   " 
  Kitty 
  Needy." 
  "Tibby 
  Thiefie." 
  

  

  A 
  regular 
  summer 
  visitor, 
  betaking 
  itself 
  to 
  our 
  streams 
  

   and 
  mountain 
  lochs, 
  along 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  forms 
  its 
  nest 
  

   and 
  brings 
  out 
  its 
  young. 
  Often 
  have 
  I 
  visited 
  out-of-the-way 
  

  

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