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examined specimens in all stages, young birds killed 

 in August and September, adults in summer dress, 

 and others in winter plumage. Large flocks of 

 Sanderlings frequented Burrow Island in November, 

 1876 ; many were shot, and those examined by 

 Gatcombe were in winter dress. 



BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER.— 7 ryw^iYes nifescens (Vieill). 



A RARE visitant. Mr. H. Nicholls records that a 

 female specimen of this North American bird was 

 shot near Kingsbridge, in September, 1857 (Zool. 

 1857. p. 5791). 



COMMON SANDPIPER.— ro/rmM.s hypoUums (Linn). 



A SUMMER visitant, often called the Summer Snipe 

 in Devon. It is common during the summer 

 months on the Dartmoor streams, upon which 

 Gatcombe discovered eggs. In autumn, the 

 Common Sandpiper forsakes the moors, and resorts 

 to the estuaries of rivers, preparatory to departing 

 for the winter. 



GREEN SANDPIPER.— rotonws ochropus (Linn). 



A SCARCE autumnal visitant to our rivers and 

 estuaries, chiefly between the end of July and the 

 beginning of October. Gatcombe examined a 

 Green Sandpiper killed in the month of January, 

 " A very unusual date for this species to be met 

 with in our neighbourhood, since it generally 



