SANDPIPERS 431 



One, Belfast Bay, Oct. 4, 1844 : Thompson, Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. XV. p. 309 ; " Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," vol. ii. p. 282. 



One, Shoreham, Sussex, Oct. 1845: Borrer, Zool., 1845, 

 p. 1394 ; and " Birds of Sussex," p. 227. In the collec- 

 tion of Mr. William Borrer. 



One, Breydon Harbour, Yarmouth, May 25, 1856 : Gurney, 

 Zool., 1856. p. 5159; Stevenson, torn, eit, p. 5160. In 

 the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 



One, Hornsea Mere, Holderness, April 1863 : Cordeaux, 

 "Birds Humb. Distr.," p. 135. Clarke and Roebuck, 

 " Handbook Yorkshire Vertebrates," p. 74. In the 

 collection of Sir Henry Boynton. 



One, same place, April 23, 1868 : Stevenson, " Birds of 

 Norfolk," vol. ii. p. 361. In his own collection. 



One, Rye, Sussex, Aug. 13, 1887, shot out of a flock of 

 Dunling : Burton, Field, Sept. 3, 1887. In the collec- 

 tion of the late Lord Lilford. 



One, Breydon, Norfolk, Sept. 5, 1891 : Southwell, Zool., 

 1891, p. 396. 



One, Rye Harbour, Sussex, out of a small flock of Dunling, 

 Oct. 2, 1895: Bradshaw, Zool, 1895, p. 449. In the 

 collection of Mr. Boyd Alexander, of Cranbrook. 



One, Rye Harbour, Sept. 2, 1896 : Boyd Alexander, Zool., 

 1896, p. 411. 



One, Littlestone, near Rye (but in Kent), a young male, in 

 a flock of Dunling, Sept. 6, 1896. Boyd Alexander, 

 op. cit. 



BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER. Tringa fuscicollis, 

 VieiUot. Length, 6-5 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 4-75 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0'9. 



ffab. Eastern North America, passing south for the 

 winter through Central America and the West Indies as 

 far as Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. 



One, Stoke Heath, Shropshire : Eyton, " Fauna of Shrop- 

 shire," Ann. Nat. Hist, vol. ii. p. 53 ; Yarrell, " Hist. 

 Brit. Birds," 3rd ed., vol. iii. p. 79. 



