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who subsequently became head-keeper on the Shot- 

 ley Hall estate, Durham {Field, Aug. 21, 1875). 



In Ireland the Green Sandpiper has been met 

 with in several different counties, but is regarded as 

 a rare visitor, occurring chiefly in autumn. In Sept, 

 1877 I received one which had been shot near Cork, 

 and on Feb. 26, 1890, another which had been shot 

 two days previously in co. Tyrone. Weight, 3i oz. 



WOOD SANDPIPER. Totanus glareola (Lmnu^ns). PI 

 20, fig. 9. Length, 9 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1'4 in. ; bare part of tibia, O'S in. 



A spring and autumn migrant, in exceptional 

 cases remaining to breed. A nestling bird was 

 found at Beechamwell, Norfolk, by the late Mr. 

 Scales, of Bustard celebrity (Gurney and Fisher, 

 Zool., 1846, p. 1324, and figure) ; and in June 

 1853 a nest and eggs were discovered by the late 

 John Hancock on Prestwick Carr, Northumberland. 

 (Hewitson's " Eggs of British Birds," 3rd edition, 

 vol. ii. p. 332). A third nest of this Sandpiper was 

 found in a birch plantation by a small loch-side in 

 Elginshire, May 23, 1853, and the eggs were iden- 

 tified by Mr. Bond, who received two of them 

 (Thurnall, Naturalist, 1853, p. 254). See also 

 W. Evans, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1899, p. 14. 



The Wood Sandpiper is apparently a rare bird in 

 Scotland. Robert Gray had only seen one from the 

 West coast. This was shot near Bowling, on the 

 Clyde, in the autumn of 1853. The late Mr. 

 Sinclair of Wick had one which was shot in his 



