70 BIRDS OBSERVED IN PURBECK. 



195. Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa rufa. 



Migratory. A specimen was killed in the neighbour- 

 hood of Poole harbour, on the 19th of April, 1840. 



196. Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa melanura, 



I have in my collection, a specimen of this bird which 

 was killed upon the banks of the Wareham river, on 

 the 12th of October, 1840. 



197. "Woodcock, Scolopax Riisticola, 



Common. In some seasons very abundant. 



199. Great Snipe, Scolopax major. 



I am informed by C. O. Bartlett, Esq. of Wareham, 

 that a specimen of this bird has been killed in the 

 neighbourhood of Wareham. 



200. Common Snipe, Scolopax Gallinago. 



Abundant. Some remain throughout the year. 



201. Jack Snipe, Scolopax Gallinula. 



A winter visitor. Common. 

 203. Kuff, Tringa pugnax. 



Migratory. In the month of April, 1840, I obtained 

 at Poole, a Reeve, which had been killed on the 

 19th; and, in the following autumn, a Kuff, 

 between Arne and Wareham, during the month of 

 September. Both specimens were in their winter 

 plumage. 



205. Dunlin, ox Ox-bird, Tringa variabilis. 



Abundant on the shores of Poole Harbour, and Stud- 

 land bay. 



207. Purple Sandpiper, Tringa maritima. 



210. Knot, Tringa Canutus. 



A winter visitor. Not uncommon. I have in my 

 collection two specimens, male and female, in their 

 ferruginous summer plumage, which were killed at 

 Arne, at the end of the month of April, 1839. 



213. Gray Phalarope, Phalaropus lohatus. 



An occasional visitant, but not uncommon. Amongst 



