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angles of the stream. It is very rarely met with on the east 

 coast of Scotland in autumn and spring. According to the 

 New Statistical Account, it has been seen near Montrose. 

 As it has not, I believe, been found breeding in Scotland, 

 the following notice with which I have been favoured by the 

 Rev. Mr. Smith is very interesting: — "I saw a beautiful 

 specimen of the Green Sandpiper, Totanus ochropus, shot, 

 in July, 1826, on a muddy rivulet near to the Loch of 

 Strathbeg. I am told that it may be found in that locality 

 almost every summer." In Ireland, according to Mr. 

 Thompson, " it is only known as a rare visitant, but has 

 occurred at all seasons of the year. 



Young.— In autumn the young, according to M. Tem- 

 minck, " differs only in having all the upper parts of a 

 lighter tint, with fewer small dots, which have a yellowish 

 colour ; the nape tinged with grey ; the sides of the breast 

 coloured like the feathers of the back, and marked with 

 white spots ; all the fore part of the neck and the middle of 

 the breast with brown lanceolate spots ; the white space at 

 the base of the tail of less extent, and the black bars of the 

 middle feathers broader." 



Variations. — The tint of the upper parts varies con- 

 siderably, as do the markings on the tail. In an individual 

 from England, the two middle feathers have four bands, and 

 on the outer web an additional spot ; the next two have two 

 bands and a spot ; the next a spot only on the outer web ; 

 the outermost a faint mark on the outer web. 



