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subsequent history cannot be traced. In a list of the birds 
of the parish of Applegarth and Sibbaldbiein 1832, this species 
is described as " occasionally seen on its migratory passage."* 
Sir William Jardine further states : " Once or twice the 
green Totanus has been seen near Jardine Hall in winter, 
stationary for some weeks, frequenting the banks of the 
Annan, where it was soft, or some large ditches. One was 
shot in January 1836, which had remained for some time, 
and was frequently seen in some ditches, sheltered all around 
with wood. When disturbed, it would not continue flitting 
along the ditch, but would at once rise over the trees, and 
leave for the time ; its return being often intimated by its 
shriU whistle, when passing in, before alighting."! In the 
Catalogue of the Birds contained in the collection of Sir William 
Jardine, two specimens are recorded as obtained at Jardine 
Hall,{ and Robert Gray, writing in 1871, says : "Sir 
WiUiam Jardine informs me that he has frequently procured 
it in (Dumfriesshire) since 1836."§ 
On January 5th, 1885, a Green Sandpiper was shot by 
Mr. Farish at Kirkland (Kirkmichael), and preserved by 
William Hastings; while Mr. Hugh Mackay records two of 
these birds shot on Conheath Merse (Caerlaverock) a day or 
two prior to December 27th, 1892. One of these he stuffed, 
the other being too badly shot for preservation; and he 
adds they were " the first specimens recorded in this 
locality after an interval of four years. "|| A female was 
shot by Mr. Paterson, jun., of Broomlands, at Lochar- 
briggs (Dumfries) on December 29th, 1906,T( and Mr. R. 
Service informs me that Mr. Tom Little secured a specimen 
on January 20th, 1909, at Carse of M (Kirkmichael). 
During the first half of the last century the species was 
* New Stat. Acct. Scot., Vol. IV., p. 181. 
t Nat. Lib., 1842, Vol. XII., p. 211. 
t Cat. Birds in coll. Sir W. J., p. 202 (8241), d.d. 
§ Birds of West Scotland, 1871, p. 293. 
II Trans. D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc, May 12th, 1893. 
t Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1907, p. 113. 
