230 SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE. 



Spotted Redshank, Totanus fuscus. Has 

 been killed at Shoreham, in the immature state. 



[A male was killed at Pagliam on the 24th of 

 August, 1852, and a female on the 1st of Sep- 

 tember, 1853. Both are in the Chichester Mu- 

 seum. Two specimens were preserved by Mr. 

 Swaysland during the same month, which had 

 been killed at Amberley, near Arundel. The 

 stomachs contained fresh-water shells. — 3rd edi- 

 tion.] 



Common Redshank, Totanus calidris. Not 

 unusual on some parts of the coast at the period 

 of the autumnal migration — the latter end of 

 August or the beginning of September. Several 

 have been killed at Pagham, and near the mouths 

 of the tide-rivers at Shoreham and Newhaven. 



Gkeen Sandpiper, Totanus ochrojms. Is 

 generally found during the autumn and winter 

 on the banks of rivers, brooks, and ponds, at a 

 distance from the sea. Has not been known to 

 breed in Sussex, but occasionally remains with 

 us during the summer. In June, 1843, I ob- 

 served four on the borders of a pond, through 

 which ran a clear trout stream, at Cocking, near 

 Midhurst ; but I could not discover a nest or 

 eggs, and the local gamekeeper, whose attention 

 I particularly directed to the subject, was equally 

 unsuccessful. When disturbed at the pond, these 



