98 The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
from other Sandpipers that place their eggs upon the ground in 
swamps or at the edges of ponds and streams, by always selecting 
the deserted nest of a Pigeon or Crow to breed in, at some con- 
siderable height from the ground. It is believed, with some 
probability, to occasionally nest in the British Isles, as it has 
been noted in every month in the year, and young birds have 
been met with so little advanced in plumage as to preclude the 
idea that they could have come from any distance. 
WOOD SANDPIPER, Zotanus glareola—A passing migrant in 
the spring and autumn; very rare. Somewhat smaller than 
the Green Sandpiper, and to be known from that bird by the 
more slender bands of black drawn across the white tail, this 
species is only occasionally seen as a chance visitor in the 
British Isles. It is not included in any list of Pembrokeshire 
birds that we know of. We came upon a Sandpiper one day in 
the spring of 1886, that rose close at our feet by the side of one 
of the small ponds at Stone Hall, and, being very well 
acquainted with the Wood Sandpiper, we were both surprised 
and pleased to identify it in the stranger, and are thus able to 
add it to the County List of Birds. 
REDSHANK, Zo¢anus ca/idris.—An autumn visitor. In Mr. Tracy’s 
time, the well-known and vociferous Redshank was a common 
bird in the creeks abutting on Milford Haven, and in all the 
marshes around Pembroke, but it appears of late years to have 
become scarce, even on its most favourite grounds. Sir Hugh 
Owen has told us that it had become rare at the time he was 
accustomed to shoot wild fowl about Milford Haven in his punt, 
where, fifty or sixty years ago, it was probably a common nesting 
species. He has since met with it at Goodwick, and we have 
seen it, in small flocks, on Newgale sands. Mr. Dix states, 
that in his time, it was common about the mud-flats of 
Pembroke river. The Redshank, is probably, still a regular 
autumn visitor to the county, although in greatly reduced 
