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Breeds annually at Oakmere. A male, female, and three 
young in down, from a nest near the margin of the mere, were 
presented to the Grosvenor Museum by Mr. A. Cooxson. 
Not uncommon in the Dee above Chester, and* sometimes 
below at Saltney. Common higher up the Dee at Llangollen ; 
breeds at the ‘‘World’s End” [R.N.]; and in the Ceiriog 
valley; also in Mr. Ruppy’s district. Fairly common at 
Colwyn Bay [A.O.W.], Abergele [J.H.], Talacre [Sir P.M.], 
and Flint [F.A.] 
The way in which this bird will feign lameness is well known. 
Mr. Ruppy once saw it feign death: he suddenly came upon a 
sitting bird, which, to his surprise, dropped its head on the side 
of its nest and stretched out its wings, allowing itself to be 
picked up by the hand. 
Totanus macularius. Sporrep SANDPIPER. 
In the Warrington Museum there is a specimen of this 
American species which was shot (with either one or two others) 
by Mr. Epwin Lorp from the banks of the Mersey, near 
Fiddler’s Ferry, in May, 1863. It was formerly in the collection 
of Mr. C. S. GrEGson, and Mr. GREENING tells me that his 
(Mr. GREENING’s) father saw it in the flesh. Concerning this 
record Mr. SEEBOHM Says (&Lritish Birds, vol. iii., p. 123) that 
the evidence in support of it remains unshaken; and Mr. 
GURNEY considers it as one of the six most deserving of credence 
out of twenty-six recorded occurrences in Britain (Rambles of 
a Naturalist, p. 262). I do not know on which bank of the 
Mersey it was shot, but from the narrowness of the river at 
this point, it may fairly be claimed by both Cheshire and 
Lancashire. 
* Totanus ochropus. GREEN SANDPIPER. 
An autumn and winter visitor, not very uncommon. 
Mr. BROcKHOLES states: ‘‘ About half a dozen occur every 
autumn at Puddington and neighbouring parts of the Dee 
Marshes. I have also seen an occasional one in ponds at 
Ness in autumn.” I shot one on the canal meadows, near 
Chester, in the autumn of 1883 (?) [Coll. G.M.]; and Mr. Ratpu 
CONGREVE gave mé a specimen shot by him on the Dee Marsh 
in September, 1891. 
Mr. Hucu Ly.e SmytH shot one at Barrowmore Hall on 
January 4th, 1890 (Coll. G.M.]; and Mr. E. T. Locan one at 
Aldersey. Mr. HuGH ALDERSEY writes, February 5th, 1894: 
‘“We have had a Green Sandpiper here all winter that has 
become almost tame.” Occasionally at Edge, by ponds, in 
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