ARM I STEAD : BIRDS OF SOLWAY DISTRICT. 



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Woodcock. Scolopax rusticula. 



A good many breed on the Scotch side of the Frith, and in 

 November the migrants arrive sometimes in considerable 

 numbers. I never found these birds on the seashore here, 

 except occasionally during intense frost in winter. 

 Snipe. Gallinago coelestis. 



Generally distributed, and breeds with us. 

 Jack Snipe. Limnocryptes gallinula. 



Common in winter in some localities, but I have never met 

 with it on the Saltings, where I have occasionally flushed the 

 last species. 

 Dunlin. Tringa alpina. 



Abundant in autumn and winter. A few remain to breed. 

 Little Stint. Tringa minnta. 



I have only twice seen one of these birds on the Solway, in 

 autumn. 



Curlew Sandpiper. Tringa subarquata. 



Occurs occasionally on the autumnal migration in September. 

 Knot. Tringa canutus. 



Arrives in October, and is often abundant during winter. I 

 have never met with it in full summer plumage, but have seen 

 a specimen with a good deal of red about it. 

 Ruff. Machetes pugnax. 



A rare occasional autumnal visitor. 

 Sanderling. Calidris arenaria. 



Same as the Turnstone, but of much rarer occurrence. 

 Common Sandpiper. Tringoides hypoleucus. 



Common as a summer migrant, appearing in June ; breeding 

 on the margins of rivers and lakes, and leaving in September. 

 Green Sandpiper. Helodromas ochropus. 



Occurs as an occasional straggler in September. 

 Redshank. Totanus calidris. 



Common in autumn and winter, and a few remain to breed. 

 Greenshank. Totanus canescens. 



I have shot very young birds early in August with down still 

 adhering to the feathers. It occurs regularly as an autumn 

 migrant, but is not at all plentiful, and is decidedly local, 

 frequenting muddy creeks and estuaries, where I have shot it 

 several times in December and January during very severe 

 weather. A few spend the winter with us regularly. 

 Bar-tailed Godwit. Limosa lapponica. 



A regular visitor in autumn, a few arriving in August and 

 September, but the main body does not appear until the end of 



March 1886. 



