BIRDS. 
223 
[111 the collection of Dr. Sinclair, and in the reproduced List 
of Mr. E. I. Shearer.] 
.312. Totanus glareola {L.). Wood Sandpiper. 
313. Totanus fiavipes {Gm.). Yellowshanks. 
314. Totanus calidris {L.). Redshank. 
Eesident, and abundant ; generally distributed through the 
whole of the county in the breeding season, preferring those 
places, generally marshy, where there are tufts of grass in 
which to hide its nest; retires to the coast in winter. 
Earer in the west, but common at one locality in Assynt. 
Less plentiful about Tongue than the greenshank. 
Common and resident, breeding in the inland marshes, and 
retiring to the coast for the winter (0. MSS., 1868). 
Appeared common along the Thurso river at Brawl, 
Halkirk, etc., in 1885. 
315. Totanus fuscus (£.). Dusky Redshank. 
[In the collection of Dr. Sinclair, and in the reproduced List 
of Mr. E. 1. Shearer.] 
316. Totanus glottis {Pall.). Greenshank. 
A summer visitant, generally distributed through the whole 
of the county. This is one of the most interesting of the 
Sutherland birds. On their arrival, about the middle of 
April, they go almost at once to their nesting-grounds, 
remaining a very short time on the low lands in the valleys; 
when the young are able to fly well they seem to go straight 
away to the south, not remaining long anywhere about the 
shores, at least in the east of the county. The nest is gener- 
ally placed on a dry hillock, amongst stones and lichens, or 
