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ARM I STEAD : BIRDS OF SOLWAY DISTRICT. 



the month or in October, when they are sometimes very 

 abundant. They remain in diminished numbers into winter, 

 but as soon as hard frost occurs they usually depart, though I 

 have shot them in January during severe weather, and occasion- 

 ally seen a good flock of them at that time of year. 

 Black-tailed Godwit. Limosa segocephala. 



A very rare visitor to the Solway during the autumnal 

 migration. I have only seen three in five years. 

 Curlew. Numenius arquata. 



Breeds in some numbers on the moorlands, and at other 

 times frequents the seashore. I have seen them very badly 

 off in severe frost. On one occasion I passed within easy 

 gunshot of several poking their bills into a lot of stable manure 

 just outside a farm yard. 

 Whimbrel. Kumenius phseopus. 



Occurs in small numbers in August and September, and 

 occasionally later in the season, but I have not met with it in 

 winter. In May it often appears in large flocks. 

 Arctic Tern. Sterna ma crura. 



An occasional visitor as an autumn migrant. 

 Common Tern. Sterna fluviatilis. 



Common, but very local ; breeds. 

 Lesser Tern. Sterna minuta. 



An occasional straggler. Have not found the eggs in the 

 district, but have been informed that it has been known to breed. 

 Sandwich Tern. Sterna cantiaca. 



Rare, but I usually see a few in August. I have not found 

 it breeding in the district. 

 Black Tern. Hydrochelidon nigra. 



I have a specimen shot along with some others of the same 

 species some years ago, when I believe a colony of these birds 

 would have been established, but they were so persecuted as to 

 be either shot or driven off. 

 Ivory Gull. Pagophila eburnea. 



A bird supposed to be this species I once saw on the Cum- 

 berland coast about 25 years ago. I was then but a schoolboy, 

 and not sufficiently well up in the gulls to be absolutely 

 certain, but I believe I am right as to the species. 

 Kittiwake. Rissa tridactyla. 



I have often seen these birds in spring and autumn, but they 

 do not breed with us. 

 Glaucous Gull. Larus glaucus. 



I have only once seen a specimen on the Frith. 



Naturalist, 



