68 BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
thP,e dates would both of them appear to be too early 
£ mo?e"l date of their arrival being between Aprd 
S and mh their departure taking place about the 
nf Sentember This species usually arrives in 
middle of September^ i P ^^^^^^^ 
this county m ^d-nce of the Swa^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ 
:fd :t but in and 1800 
movement of this as weU ^nd it must 
IT pt^orL emigration .h.y ~ngr^«^'^j' 
^' wrack" or rotting seaweed flung up by the tide 
- rd^tfertio^rottfe tj^:^^^ 
™::nd'Ll:ofttn by the sides of rivers. The Sand- 
Dumfries Courier, September 18th, 1843. 
t Nat. Lib., 1839, Vol. XI., p. 404. 
