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in the spring and summer, and has once or twice 

 been noticed breeding in the northern parts of the 

 island. 



In June, 1867, I found a pair of these birds on 

 Gullane Links, in East Lothian, and from their 

 actions I have not the slightest doubt they were breed- 

 ing close at hand ; but one of them being accidentally 

 killed, I was unable to discover their nest. 



The bird shot was a female, and had evidently been 

 sitting. 



The specimens in the case were obtained on the 

 marshes round Hickling Broad, in Norfolk, in May, 

 1870. 



WOOD SANDPIPEK.— (Autumn.) 

 Case 31. 



The immature birds of this species used to be plentiful 

 in the marshes near Rye, in Sussex, some years ago ; 

 but since the drainage of the ground and other altera- 

 tions, they have never appeared in such numbers. They 

 may, however, occasionally be seen in flocks in x^ugust 

 and September in any flat, marshy district, reinainicg 

 sometimes for weeks, if not meeting with too warm a 

 reception. 



I have never fallen in with this bird in the winter 

 months. 



The specimens in the case were shot in the marshes 

 between Rye and Winchelsea, in Sussex^ in August, 

 1858. 



