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APPENDIX B. 
Tringa canutus, L. Knot. 
Mr. Macleay informs us he had a knot sent him from Inverpolly 
in August 1882, for preservation. 
Calidris arenaria {L.). Sanderling. 
In May 1885 a sanderling was sent from Inverpolly to Mr. 
Macleay, Inverness, for preservation. 
Totanus glottis {Pall.). Greenshank. 
Buckley heard a greenshank flying over Glenrossal on the 1st of 
November 1886 ; its late departure was probably owing to the 
very fine open autumn of that year, as no snow had appeared 
by that time even on Ben Mhor. As showing the fineness of 
the season, ants Avere observed working busily on the date 
referred to. 
Numenius pheeopus (i.). Whimbrel. 
Several whimbrel were heard and seen flying Qver Badenloch, 
evidently on migration northwards, in May 1886 and 1887. 
Stercorarius parasiticus {L.). Buffon's Skua. 
In Sir William Milner's collection there is a specimen of this bird 
said to have been killed near Bonar Bridge in the winter of 
1846-7. 
Mr. Macleay, Inverness, has an entry in his ledger of a 
Bufi"on's skua sent from Lochinver by a Mr. Kortwright on 
October 23d, 1862. 
FISH. 
Salmo fario, L. Common Trout. 
Mr. Henderson of Stemster informs us that about thirty years ago 
it was an accepted fact that trout would not rise on Loch 
Stemster, or at least so rarely, as to make the loch not worth 
fishing, whereas now they rise well on favourable days. This 
