SANDPIPERS 423 



SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Totanus solitarius (Wilson). 

 Length, 7*5 in. ; bill, 1-2 in. ; wing, 5 in. ; tarsus, 1-2 in. 



Hab. North and South America. 



One on the Clyde, Lanarkshire, " some years ago : " R. 



Gray, Ibis, 1870, p. 292 ; " Birds of West of Scotland," 



p. 295. 

 One in the Scilly Isles, Sept. 21, 1882: Cornish, ZooL, 



1882, p. 432. In the collection of Mr. Smith Dorrien. 

 One, Marazion Marsh, near Penzance, autumn 1884: 



Cornish, ZooL, 1885, p. 1 13. In the collection of Mr. 



Vingoe of Penzance. 



Ohs. This bird closely resembles the Wood Sand- 

 piper (T. glareola), but has the upper tail-coverts 

 dark greenish - brown instead of white, and each 

 feather in the tail is broadly barred with black across 

 both webs. 



BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. Actiturus bartramius 

 (Wilson). Length, 11 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 6 5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1-75 in. 



Ifab. North and South America. 



One near Warwick, Oct. 31, 1851 : Reid, ZooL, 1852, p. 

 3330 ; Gurney, torn, cit, p. 3388 ; More, ZooL, 1854, 

 p. 4254 ; Yarrell, " Hist. Brit. Birds." 



One near Cambridge, Dec. 12, 1854: Tearl, Illustr. Lond. 

 News, Jan. 20, 1855, and figure ; Yarrell, op. cit In 

 the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 



One, Mullion, near Falmouth, Nov. 13, 1865: Bullmore, 

 ZooL, 1866, p. 37; "Cornish Fauna," p. 31; Rodd, 

 Field, Nov. 25, 1865 ; and " Birds of Cornwall," p. 96. 



One, Newhaven, Sussex, some time between 1836 and 1840. 

 In the collection of Mr. Wille, of Lewes, and purchased 

 at his death by J. Dutton, of Eastbourne. ZooL, 1864, 

 p. 9118 ; Borrer, "Birds of Sussex," p. 239. 



