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month of June, frequenting a stream in Glenbower Wood, 

 near Youghal, is wholly unconfirmed, and probably refers 

 to the Green Sandpiper. The most western locality for its 

 occurrence in these islands is Cornwall, where, according to 

 the late Mr. Rodd (B. of Cornwall, p. 94), it is a bird of 

 double passage, having once been noticed as early as the 15th 

 of April. On the 20th of May, 1840, a female was killed at 

 the Land's End, in which were the rudiments of eggs. In 

 June of the same year another was killed in the same 

 locality ; in the month of August of the same year a flock of 

 seven Avere killed in the same parish, which proved to be 

 birds of that year ; and in 1837 one was obtained in the 

 middle of December. In South Devon, however, it is of very 

 rare occurrence, but in the northern portion, bordering on 

 the Bristol Channel, it is more frequent, although rare again 

 in Somersetshire and Dorset. It has been obtained from 

 time to time along the rest of the southern coast of England, 

 and in Essex and Suflblk. In the latter county Mr. Hele 

 records an unusual number about Aldeburgh in 1867, and 

 in the same year Mr. F. D. Power mentions a large party on 

 the 26tli July at Rainbam in Kent. The species has also 

 been observed in Surrey and other counties bordering the 

 Thames, and in many localities at a considerable distance 

 inland. In Norfolk, Mr. Stevenson thinks that it is de- 

 creasing in numbers, partly owing, perhaps, to the drainage 

 of many sites on the opposite coast of Holland, where it 

 breeds ; and it may be observed that here as elsewhere the 

 birds observed in autumn are almost invariably young birds, 

 the adults being only noticed on the spring migration. It is 

 even surmised that the Wood Sandpiper has bred in Norfolk, 

 for a young bird, figured by Messrs. Gurney and Fisher 

 (Zool. p. 1324), with down adhering, and not fully fledged, 

 was shot with an adult female during the summer months 

 by Mr. Scales, of bustard celebrity, and both are now in the 

 collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. In Lincolnshire, as Mr. 

 Cordeaux informs the Editor, the examples of this rare visitor 

 are invariably young ones, and they are always scattered 

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