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and other Scottish Islands, are quite exceptional; a 
specimen was received from South Uist on October 31st, 
1901 (Harvie- Brown, ‘ Avi-fauna Of The Outer Hebrides,’ 
1888-1902, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1902-3). 
Mr. Kagle Clarke records the appearance of “one, 
perhaps two,” between September 2nd and 8th, 1905, on 
Fair Isle. This appears to be the first record from the 
Shetlands (‘The Birds of Fair Isle, Native and Migratory,’ 
Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1906, pp. 76-77). 
In Ireland, the Green Sandpiper occurs chiefly as an 
autumn-visitor, but quite a number of birds remain during 
winter. As a spring or early summer-migrant it is very 
rare; a specimen shot on June 30th, 1903, in co. Mayo 
(Godfrey Knox, ‘ Irish Naturalist,’ 1903, p. 248), and another 
at Malahide! on the coast of co. Dublin, on April 28th, 1906, 
appear to be the only instances recorded. 
Lonely and well-wooded rivulets, skirted with stones 
and sandy banks, sheltered ponds, swamps, and less fre- 
quently flooded pasturage, are the haunts selected by this 
shy and restless bird. Solitary individuals are most fre- 
quently met with, less often pairs, and occasionally small 
family groups. 
I know of no Sandpiper more difficult to approach ; 
once observed, even at a distance, it takes wing, shooting 
up in a zig-zag manner without a moment’s “hesitation, 
and soon disappearing out of sight. Yet it is a common 
habit of this species to return, after a long flight, to the 
same spot, where the observer, if he remain concealed and 
absolutely quiet, can continue to make observations for a 
considerable time. In this way I have repeatedly watched 
the movements of the Green Sandpiper. During the spring 
of 1903, between May 8rd and June 14th, I made a series 
of observations of a pair of these birds, concealing myself 
amidst the foliage of a sheltered stream, a few miles 
outside the city of Sheffield. After feeding, the birds fre- 
quently flitted on to a stone wall where, for a little time, 
they remained motionless. At intervals they suddenly shot 
up into the air for a short distance, darting down again to 
the same stone with astonishing speed. On the wing, they 
(as 
1Mr. W. J. Williams who received this specimen, very kindly 
offered me the opportunity of examining it. It is a female in nuptial 
plumage. 
