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regularly in many parts of England. Drainage and cultivation of 
waste lands, however, have almost driven it from our shores, except 
at the periods of its migration in spring and autumn. 
O75. LOPANUS.RUSCUS 5. ce 46 os is oo) VOlwe\oteleeive 
Spotrep REDSHANK. 
In England and Scotland this bird is generally regarded as a 
spring and autumn migrant; and no instance of its nesting with us 
has yet been recorded, notwithstanding that individuals of this species 
frequently remain here long enough in the spring to acquire their 
full summer plumage. In Ireland it is said to be very rare. 
O76. LOTANUS OCHROPUS 6 spine. ve -e0-6 Bre cag of VOlY. elie 
GREEN SANDPIPER. 
Although strictly speaking this Sandpiper is only a spring and 
autumn migrant, examples are now and then obtained in winter, 
and it has even been reported to have nested in this country. This 
is by no means unlikely ; but its remarkable habit of depositing its 
eggs in the old nests of other birds at a considerable height from the 
ground, has no doubt caused it to be overlooked. 
O77 ¢ EGUMNUS GRARKOLA 9 0 « « ion per. VOls Ee Vepbleduvolle 
W oop-SANDPIPER. 
Like the last-named this species is most frequently observed at 
the vernal and autumnal periods of migration ; but two or three in- 
stances of its nesting in Norfolk, Northumberland, and Elginshire 
have been placed on record. 
Genus Actitis. 
O78. “Acts HYporkucOS'. ©“. °. . «0's MellGVe Pia Vie 
SuMMER-SNIPE. 
_ This well-known and graceful little Sandpiper, like others of the 
family, is a bird of double passage, and appears with great regularity 
every spring and autumn. Unlike other species, however, it does 
not always quit this country to find a nesting-place, but breeds 
regularly in the north of England, Wales, and Scotland, and less 
frequently in some parts of the south of England, 
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SporreD SANDPIPER. 
An inhabitant of the northern continent of America, this bird can 
only be regarded as a rare straggler to Europe and the British 
Islands, where it is reported to have been met with several times. 
