SANDPIPERS 427 



1866. One of them in the collection of Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney, jun. A genuine specimen. 



Two, Aberdeen, Aug. 1867 : Gray, " Birds of West Scotland," 

 p. 299. These were brought to the museum in the 

 flesh, and the stomachs were forwarded for examination 

 to Mr. Robert Gray, at whose house Mr. Gurney subse- 

 quently saw one of the birds. 



One near Mildenhall, Suffolk, 1869: Tuck, ZooL, 1871, 

 p. 2684 ; Babington, " Birds of Suffolk," p. 240. Seen 

 by Mr. Tuck in possession of Mr. Sparke, of Wells 

 Street, Bury St. Edmunds. 



One, Budby, Nottinghamshire : Sterland and Whitaker, 

 " Birds of Sherwood Forest," p. 44 (doubtful). 



One near Finnea, co. Longford, Feb. 2, 1899 ; exhibited at 

 a meeting of the Brit. Orn. Club, Feb. 15, 1899. 



Obs. It is probable that many of the specimens 

 above recorded were merely the young of Tringoides 

 hypoleucus, which before the first moult would be 

 more spotted than their parents, while two were 

 found to be Totanus ochropus, and another was 

 mounted from an American skin. Of the rest, those 

 stated to have been procured at (l) Kingsbuiy 

 Reservoir, (2) on the Mersey, (3) Eastbourne, (4) 

 Aberdeen, (5) Mildenhall, and (6) Finnea, co. Long- 

 ford, appear to be entitled to rank as genuine 

 immigrants to this country. There is no reason 

 why this species should not occasionally visit the 

 British Islands, as so many others of the American 

 Scolopacidw are known to have done, notably the 

 Buff- breasted Sandpiper, Yellowshank, Pectoral 

 Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, American Stint, and 

 Red-breasted Snipe. 



