180 BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX. 



Spotted Sandpiper, Totanus macularius. A 

 native of North America, and of rare occurrence in 

 England, where not more than half-a-dozen speci- 

 mens have as yet been met with. A bird of this 

 species, formerly in the possession of Mr. Milton, and 

 sold with his collection at Messrs. Stevens' in April, 

 1852, was stated to have been obtained at Kingsbury 

 Reservoir. It was purchased at the sale by Mr. 

 Bond, who traced it to the person who had received 

 it in the flesh and stuffed it, and fully satisfied him- 

 self of the truth of the statement. 



Greenshank, Totanus glottis. A rare and uncer- 

 tain visitant in spring and autumn. A specimen, in 

 the collection of Mr. Bond, was obtained in this 

 parish in 1839. Two Greenshanks were shot at 

 Kingsbury Reservoir on 2nd September, 1844, both 

 of them birds of the year. In August, 18G2, I saw 

 one at this Reservoir for three successive days ; it 

 was exceedingly shy, and although I tried to ap- 

 proach it both b}^ land and in a punt, I could never 

 get within shot. On 1st August, 1863, seven Green- 

 shanks appeared at the Reservoir. Two days later 

 four of them had disappeared, and of the remaining 

 three one was afterwards shot ; the others escaped. 



One day in August, 1864, I flushed a Greenshank 

 from a small pond on Hungry Downs, between 

 Kingsbury and Stanmore. It uttered a peculiar 

 whistle on rising, w^hich first attracted mj attention. 

 I marked it down in the corner of a field, where I 



