410 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



Genus TOTANUS, Beclistein. 

 WOOD-SANDPIPER. 



Totanus glarcola (G-melin). H.N., i., p. 077 (1788j. 



Very few records of the occurrence of the "Wood- 

 Sandpiper in Kent have been made. It appears to he 

 a rare hird in the count5\ 



Mr. J. Green, of Woolwich, writing on June 1, 1850, 

 says: "A specimen of this Sandpiper, just shot by a 

 gentleman at Woolwich, has been brought to me for 

 preservation." 



In the Zoologist, 1867, p. 991, Mr. F. D. Power, writ- 

 ing on October 2, 1867, gives the following account of 

 an extraordinary flock of Wood-Sandpipers at Eainham : 

 "On July 26 last (1867) my brother, Mr. G. E. Power, 

 fell in with a large party of Wood-Sandpipers on some 

 marshes near liainham, Kent, a sudden change of wind 

 on the previous night, viz., froiii south-west to north and 

 north-east, with a deluging rain, having apparently 

 driven these birds out of their usual line of migration. 

 At first he put up but three, one of which he shot, but 

 at the report others rose on all sides, and joining in one 

 large flock, flew round and round at some height, con- 

 tinually whistling ; their numbers he estimated at from 

 eighty to one hundred. They soon pitched again, and, 

 dividing into small parties, flew round the ditches like 

 Dunlins. He followed them up, and without any difficulty 

 succeeded in obtaining four more. The last was seen on 

 September 6. I may mention that we had only twice 

 previously met with this species at Eainham, viz., one 

 seen in July, 1865, and a second which I obtained on 



