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on October 2nd, 1891, by Mr. Webster, and is now 
in Mr. Service's collection. After a severe storm on 
November 17th, 1893, three birds of this species were 
obtained in Holywood parish, and one of these was sent 
from Gribton to Mr. Hugh Mackay* to be stuffed. A 
rather small male was shot on the Nith near Kelton 
(Caerlaverock) on September 19th, 1896 ; it appeared 
after some days of stormy NNW. wind, and being very 
tame, " it was easily procured as it swam near to the 
river edge."t 
Writing of its status as a " Wader of Solway," Mr. R. 
Service states : " The Grey Phalarope is a species of pretty 
frequent occurrence in some autumns, though by no means 
always present at that season. November is its usual 
time of appearance. I have often thought that they are 
sure to occur after s,ny unusually wild gales from west or 
north-west in early November, as the times of their appear- 
ance here have always been preceded by such a storm. Pos- 
sibly they may about that time be passing down outside 
our western Scottish coasts to their winter quarters, which 
are understood to be somewhere off the Canaries on 
the open ocean, though this seems to be only vaguely 
known. When seen in Solway, the Grey Phalarope is 
always extremely tame, as is the case elsewhere in Great 
Britain, "j 
This circumpolar breeding-species is found on its winter- 
migration as far south as Chili, New Zealand, and China ; 
in Europe it occurs on many inland waters and on the 
coasts down to the Mediterranean ; but its winter-quarters 
and migration-routes are imperfectly known. It is but an 
irregular visitor to the British Isles, appearing in some 
winters in far greater numbers (as in 1866 and 1891) 
than in others, the majority of such visitors being young 
birds. 
* Naturalists' Journal, 1894, Vol. III., p. 62. 
t Dumfries Courier and Herald, November 24th, 1896. 
X Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Olasg., 1905, Vol. VIII., p. 50. 
