346 CHARADRIIDAL 
During some seasons it is not infrequent, especially in the 
south-eastern counties of England. 
In Scotland it has been procured in Haddingtonshire, 
Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Elginshire, in the Solway district, 
and also in the Orkneys. 
The Spotted Redshank is rare in Ireland. About eight 
examples have been taken, and it has probably been 
observed some twenty-six! times. It has visited the 
counties of Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Sligo, Mayo, and Down 
(R. Warren, ‘ Birds.of Ireland,’ pp. 300-301). The first 
recorded specimen was obtained by Thompson, on August 
22nd, 1823, at eee Belfast Bay (‘ Natural History 
of Ireland,’ vol. u., p. 200). Several have been recorded 
of recent years on the shores of Dublin Bay by the late 
Mr. E. Williams, as follows :—September, 1888, two seen ; 
September 24th, 1891, one obtained; October 38rd, 1892, 
one seen; September 7th, 1894, one seen. The last- 
mentioned bird I had the pleasure of observing when in 
the company of the late Mr. E. Williams; it flew past 
us at no great distance from the ground, uttering a peculiar 
note, quite unlike that of the common species. But the 
most distinguishing feature was the absence of white on 
the hinder “portions of the wings, so well seen on the 
Common Redshank when in flight. 
In their habits, this and the. preceding ‘species are not 
unhke, especially with regard to the nature of their 
feeding-grounds, and the manner in which they freely 
associate with other shore-birds. The Spotted Redshank 
is, on the whole, more partial to fresh or brackish waters, 
though it is noteworthy that of all the records made by 
Mr. Warren only two are from inland localities. This 
bird, with its remarkably long legs and feet (much longer 
than those of the Common Redshank), is able to wade to 
a considerable depth, and has been seen standing, like 
the Avocet, up to its middle in a pond of water, pecking 
at the insects as they rose from the surface ,(Degland, 
‘Ornithologie Européenne ’). 
Flight.—On the wing, this bird is strong and swift, 
and, like a flushed Snipe, will ascend to a great height 
when startled, soon disappearing out of sight. 
Votce.-—The late Mr. EK. Williams describes the alarm- 
' Of these, some sixteen occurrences have been recorded by Mr. R. 
Warren, from cos. Mayo and Sligo. 
