The Scottish Naturalist. 
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autumn, and is recorded at that season from Lauder, Yetholm, 
and Nisbet. 
Common Snipe {Gallinago coekstis). Not very common in 
the breeding season^ though in suitable localities a considerable 
number pass the summer. In winter it is extremely abundant. 
Jack Snipe {Gallinago gallinula). Common in the winter in 
certain parts, though hardly so much so as in the counties east- 
ward. 
Dunlin {Tringa alpind). This bird is not known to nest on 
the coast of Northumberland, where the salt marshes are, per- 
haps, of too wet a nature, but a few pairs have long been known 
to do so at the south end of the Cheviot range, near Hesleyside ; 
while during the last fifteen years I have noticed a couple here 
and there in the breeding season on the higher parts of the hills 
between Wooler and Yetholm. Mr. A. Chapman, in his " Bird 
Life of the Borders," mentions having seen a small colony on 
Cheviot, and the late A. Brotherston has noticed an occasional 
bird in summer on Yetholm Loch. 
Little Stint {Tringa ininuta). Not found nearer than the 
Holy Island mud-fiats, where it occurs in September. 
Curlew Sandpiper {Tringa subarquata). Common in some 
years on the East Coast in September, but never reaching inland 
to these parts. 
Purple Sandpiper (TV/z^^^? ) Only found on the 
Ruff {Machetes pugnax). Only on the East Coast, where it is 
fairly often obtained in autumn or winter. 
Sanderling {Calidris arenaria). Also found on the mud- 
fiats of the coast, coming in August in numbers, but less common 
after September. 
Bartram's Sandpiper {Bartramia longicauda). That re- 
corded by Mr. G. Bolam, from Longhoughton in 1879 {Hist. Ber. 
JSIat. Club, ix., p. 167), is the only example from these parts. 
Common Sandpiper {Totamis hypoleucus). A very com- 
mon bird in summer upon the smaller and more stony streams, 
though on the larger rivers it is not so often found, which may be 
due to lack of suitable breeding places. On the islands in the hill 
brooks the fairly substantial nest is often met with, generally 
slightly protected, but never covered, by a branch of gorse, an 
old log, or a tuft of herbage. Nor is it confined to the islands, 
Knot {Tringa canutiis). 
Coast. 
