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season. These birds, although usually rather difficult of ap- 

 proach, may be obtained in great numbers by tying a bright- 

 coloured handkerchief on to a stick, and concealing oneself near 

 it. Bright colour seems to have some invincible attraction for 

 them, and they will fly round, and dart down at the object of their 

 curiosity, regardless of repeated shots, and the consequent dimi- 

 nution of their numbers. 



180. Common Sandpiper. {Tringoides hypoleuca.) 

 Common at almost all seasons on the rocky parts of the coasts 



of Epirus and Corfu. 



181. Greenshank. [Totanus glottis.) 



Occurs in small numbers in Epirus and Corfu in winter and 

 early spring. 



182. Marsh Sandpiper. [Totanus stagnatilis.) 

 Abundant in March, April, and the early part of May, on the 



race-course of Corfu. The habits of this species closely resemble 

 those of the Green Sandpiper [Totanus ochropus), but it is less 

 shy, and not so clamorous. I have had excellent opportunities 

 of observing closely the habits of this and many other allied 

 species on the race-course, having sometimes seen within a few 

 yards of the spot on which I lay hidden, Totanus glottis, T. 

 stagnatilis, T. glareola, T. ochropus, Himantopus melanopterus, 

 Tringa minuta, Numenius phceopus, and Glareola pratincola. 



183. Wood Sandpiper. [Totanus glareola.) 



Common, but less so than the above, at the same season, and 

 in the same locality. 



184. Green Sandpiper. [Totanus ochropus.) 



Common from the beginning of September till the end of 

 May, and occasionally seen in June and July in Corfu and 

 Epirus. This and the following species are great enemies to 

 the snipe-shooter, as they are for ever flying round the marshes, 

 and indulging in shrill screams and extraordinary aerial evolu- 

 tions, thereby alarming many an honest Scolopax who is di- 

 gesting his worms of the previous night, and would, without the 

 uncalled-for interference of these noisy cousins, fall a prey to 

 the sportsman. 



