GREEN SANDPIPER. 



SCOLOPACID^.] 



TOTANUS OCHROPUS (Linn^us). 



Explanation of Plate. 



Figure 1. Sweden, June 1, 1883. In collection of Dr. R. Williams. 



„ 2. June 5. In collection of E. Bidwell, Esq. 



3. Ditto. Ditto. 



„ 4. Sweden, June 1, 1883. In collection of Dr. R. Williams. 



„ 5. Sweden, H. W. Wheelwright coll. In collection of E. Bidwell, Esq. 

 „ 6. Ditto. Ditto. 



„ 7. Sweden, May 28, 1891. In collection of P. Poynting. 



„ 8. Wermland, Sweden, May 18, 1891. In collection of H. Massey, Esq. 



9. Ditto. Ditto. 



„ 10. Ditto. Ditto. 



„ 11. Wermland, Sweden, May 13, 1892. 



The Green Sandpiper is an irregular spring and autumn migrant to the 

 British Islands. Pairs of these birds have been observed in this country in the 

 summer months ; and, from evidence forthcoming, it is very probable that they 

 may have bred with us, but as yet no proof of this has been obtained. 



With reference to the Green Sandpiper, Mr. Howard Saunders writes as 

 follows * : — " This species is found nesting in marshy woods, from the vicinity of 

 the Arctic circle southward to Central Russia, Poland and Germany, and 

 reaching as far west as Holstein ; while over the rest of the Continent it is well 

 known as a migrant, and I have an adult female from Malaga, in the south 

 of Spain, shot as late as June 24th. From autumn to spring it is abundant in 

 suitable localities from Morocco to Egypt ; and, though not traced beyond Angola 

 on the west side of Africa, it ascends the Nile valley to Abyssinia, continuing its 

 course through the lake district to Cape Colony. In summer it is found throughout 

 Asia from the Arctic circle to the great mountain ranges, while from July onwards 

 it visits the rest of that continent down to Burma. 



* ' Manual of British Birds,' pp. 595, 596. 



