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One on the banks of the river Parret, Cambwitch, Somer- 

 setshire: Mathew, ZooL, 1877, p. 309. In the collec- 

 tion of Dr. Woodforde, of Taunton. 



One, Low Stead, near Boiilmer, Northumberland, Nov. 21, 

 1879: Bolam, Field, Dec. 20, 1879. 



One, Lincolnshire, Oct. 1880 : Harting, ZooL, 1880, p. 508. 

 This bird was brought to me in the flesh by Mr. John 

 Cooper. I carefully dissected it and prepared the 

 sternum, noting the contents of the stomach, which 

 consisted chiefly of the remains of British coleoptera 

 named by the late E. C. Rye. 



One (I.e.), St. Keverne, near the Lizard, Oct. 188.3 : 

 Cornish, ZooL, 1883, p. 495. 



Obs. In the Zoologist for 1864, p. 9118, Mr. 

 Dutton, of Eastbourne, reported his possession of a 

 specimen of Bartram's Sandpiper, shot at Newhaven. 

 On examining this bird, however, 1 found it to be a 

 Ruff [Machetes pugnax) in autumn plumage. 



BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Tringites rufescens 

 (Vieillot). Length, 8 in. ; bill, 0*9 in. ; wing, 5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1'25 in. 



Hah. North America in summer ; migrating to South 

 America in winter. 



One, Melbourne, Cambridgeshire, Sept. 1826 : YsirveW, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, vol. xvi. p. 109, pi. 11 ; "Hist. Brit. Birds," 

 />rd ed., vol. iii. p. 60 ; Eyton, " Rarer Brit. Birds," p. 39, 

 figure. 



One, Formby, Lancashire, May 1829: Yarrell, op. cit.; 

 Mitchell, "Birds of Lancashire," 2nd ed. p. 230. In 

 possession of the Rev. T. Staniforth, late of Bolton 

 Rectory, Skipton, who furnished the particulars to 

 Yarrell. 



One, Sherringham, Norfolk, July 29, 1832 : Yarrell, op. cit. ; 

 Stevenson, " Birds of Norfolk," vol. ii. p. 359. 



