SANDPIPERS. 97 



the top of the Wareham estuary, frequenting the 

 muddy ditches just inside the sea-wall, but very wary 

 and difficult to approach. 



WOOD SANDPIPEE. Tota7ius glareola, (Gmelin). 



Ycnrell, iii. p. 463; Hartiitg, p. 47; Dresser, viii. p. 143; See- 

 hohm, iii. p. 132 ; Ihis List, p. 175. 



The Wood Sandpiper, like the last-named bird, 

 is a spring and autumn visitant, but much less 

 commonly met with. Dorsetshire is not in the 

 line of its migration to the Mediterranean, where 

 I have seen it in the winter. Three were killed 

 at Lodmoor near Weymouth, August 19, 1867 (W. 

 Thompson), and one at Kimmeridge in October 

 1868. 



REDSHANK. Totanus mlidris, (L.) 



Yarrell, iii. p. 469; Hurting, p. 46; Dresser, viii. p. 157; See- 

 holim, iii. p. 140; Iljis List, p. 176; Scolopax calidris, 

 Pulteney''s List, p. 14. 



This is one of our commonest wading birds, and 

 is resident all the year, frequenting the coast and 

 estuaries, and during the summer the river-banks 

 and marshes. It is abundant at Poole harbour, 

 Littlesea, Studland, and the neighbourhood of Wey- 

 mouth. Mr. T. M. Pike writes :— *' The Redshank 

 has taken to breeding here for the last three or four 

 years, more particularly at the back of Littlesea. I 

 fancy this is a new departure. I never found them 

 nesting here in former years." 



