62 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
TRiINGoIDEs HyPoLEucA (G. R. Gray). Common Sandpiper. 
Provinces I, I1.? V.-X VIII. 
Subprovinces 1, 2, 3, 4?, 6, 18-18, 20-37, 38. 
Lat. 50°-61°. “Scottish” type, or Northern. 
Scarce in the south during the breeding-season, and appa- 
rently wanting in several of the southern and eastern counties. 
The Common Sandpiper is reported to breed only occasionally 
in Cornwall, but regularly in North and South Devon and 
Somerset. In Dorset it becomes more rare, though Mr. Groves 
has seen it on several small streams. Mr. Knox deseribes it as 
breeding regularly in Sussex, where, however, it must be scarce, 
as Mr. Borrer has only once found the nest. It seems doubtful 
whether the bird breeds in Kent, and it appears to be wanting 
in several of the eastern and southern districts. 
Toranus GLottis (Bechst.). Greenshank. 
Provinces XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. 
Subprovinces 29, 32, 34, 35, 36. 
Lat. 56°-59°. “Scottish” type. Not in Ireland. 
Breeds in small numbers in the counties of Perth and Argyle 
(Mr. R. Gray), Ross (Mr. W. Dunbar), Sutherland (Mr. Selby), 
Caithness (Mr. W. Dunbar). Macgillivray was the first to dis- 
cover the nest in the Outer Hebrides, where it has since been 
found by other observers. 
RECURVIROSTRA AVOCETTA (Linn.). Avocet. 
Provinces [II.] [I1I.] [IV.] [VIII.]. 
Subprovinces (6), (7), (11), (19). 
Lat. 50°-54°. “Germanic” type. Not in Ireland. 
In former times the Avocet appears to have been a regular 
summer visitor to a few localities on our southern and eastern 
coasts. The neighbourhoods of Rye in Sussex, Romney Marsh 
in Kent, Salthouse in Norfolk, and West Fen in Lincolnshire are 
upon record as former breeding-places. 
The late Mr. H. Reid, of Doneaster, has told me that about 
twenty years ago he obtained the eggs from the mouth of the 
Humber, which appears to be the last instance of the bird having 
been found breeding in this country, 
