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most productive district for water fowls in Perth¬ 
shire) ; and although I am inclined to believe it does 
build in the county, I will not press this opinion until 
I can give more direct proof than at present, one 
season being too short to collect any number of 
specimens of either birds or eggs. 
Tringa Hypoleucos — The Common Sandpiper. — 
This species is also quite common on the Tay and 
Earn, and resembles the Ped Shank very much. It 
is an active, lively, little fellow, darting along, 
piping its song, if it may be so called. The Sand¬ 
piper is not always with us, only appearing in the 
spring, remaining to breed, and leaving as early 
as August or September — the time of migration 
depending entirely on the strength of the young, and 
the state of the \veather. It builds in a tuft of grass 
or rushes, sometimes in a field or mossy bank. I 
have seen its nest in Proxy Wood — never far from 
the water. The eggs are generally four in number, 
of a yellowdsh wPite ground, spotted with light and 
dark brown, and very large for the size of the bird. 
Mr Paton said that the above list only contained 
a part of his subject, and he hoped on a future oc¬ 
casion to be able to complete his remarks on the whole 
of the W^aders of the Tay and its tributaries. 
He presented a number of stuffed birds and eggs, 
referred to in his paper, to the Society’s museum. 
