CORDEAUX: ORNITHOLOGY OF COQUETDALE. lOQ 



Eed-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator L. 



Occasionally visits Harbottle Lough in the winter. 

 Eingdove, Columba palumbus L. 



Common, and said to be increasing in number. 

 Stockdove, C. (Enas L. 



Is reported to nest annually in the holes of the cliffs on the 

 moor; this requires confirmation. Mr. Slater says he has never 

 satisfactorily ascertained the presence of the Stockdove in Tyne- 

 dale, all reported occurrences proving on investigation to be 

 Ringdoves. 

 Grouse, Lagopus scoticus Lath. 



Plentiful. I saw young birds of the year very strong on the 

 wing on Thirlmoor, oq July 7 th. 

 Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix L. 



Very common on the moors above Harbottle, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the pine woods. 

 €orn Crake, Crex pratensis Bechst. 



Judging from its call notes, very plentiful. 

 Golden Plover, Charadrius pluvialis L. 



Nesting on tne moors. 

 Lapwing, Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. 



Very plentiful ; had congregated in considerable flocks by the 

 last week in June. 

 Woodcock, Scolopax rusticula L. 



Nests sparingly in the Harbottle Woods. 

 Snipe, Gallinago coelestis Frenzel. 



Not uncommon, and nesting regularly in the district. 

 Common Sandpiper, Tetanus hypoleucus L. 



Extremely common on the Coquet and tributary burns. I know 

 of no locality where it is so numerously represented, not only 

 about the river flats, but in the wildest and most secluded recesses 

 of the hills. Twice when fishing I saw this Sandpiper perched 

 on the dead branches of the Scotch fir at a considerable height 

 above the ground. 

 Redshank, Tetanus calidris L. 



The keeper told me that a few pair of a much larger Sandpiper 

 frequented the 'haughs' below Sharperton Bridge during the 

 summer. He described them as very noisy birds. I can only 

 conjecture they belonged to this species, or it is possible may 

 prove Ringed Plover. 

 Curlew, Numenius arquata L. 



Common ; nesting regularly in the district. There was a young 



Dec. 1884. 



