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Every year a Greenshank or two (7. canescens) are seen; but 
___ being very wary birds, theyare seldom shot. This species searches the 
muddy creeks for food, often walking into the water, until it nearly 
reaches the tarsal joint. It runs rather than walks, and almost 
continually vibrating its body. Mr. Dawson has seen a bird which 
was shot in the Ambrose Holme, above Carlisle. 
Of the Sandpipers, we have the Common Sandpiper ( Z7inga 
_ Aypoleucos ) as a regular summer visitant. My dates of the arrival 
of this elegant little bird for the last five years range between the 
_ 13th and 2oth of April. The Curlew Sandpiper (7: subarquata ) 
_ Thave twice come across in summer plumage, once while looking 
for Dunlin eggs with Mr. Dennis Mason, and on the 23rd of May, 
_ last year, Mr. George Dawson and I had a good opportunity of 
watching the habits of this bird in the early morning on Rockliffe 
Marsh. Generally mingling with Dunlins, it can scarcely be 
_ distinguished from them : but when seen apart, they have precisely 
_ the same habits as to the mode of feeding. Its cry differs, being 
harsh and not so soft as that of the Dunlin. The Knot, though 
_ abounding in great numbers lower down the Solway, is very seldom 
seen either on Burgh or Rockliffe Marsh. That very elegant 
species, the Green Sandpiper ( 7: wuropfus), which is sometimes 
met with on our marshes, is much larger than our Common Sand- 
piper. The Little Stint ( Z? mnuta), which in form and proportion 
_ closely resembles the Dunlin, although much inferior in size and 
“somewhat more slender, sometimes visits our marshes in autumn 
and the early part of winter. They are seldom seen in greater 
numbers than six or eight together. They can scarcely be called 
walking directly up to them, they will lie flat to the ground with 
the tail rather erected.” No Little Stints have been recorded as 
j We come now to the Dunlin (7: variabilis). It breeds in some 
Tumbers on Rockliffe Marsh. The nest is usually located under 
the shelter of some tuft, being often concealed intentionally or 
