222 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
holes says: ‘About half a dozen occur every autumn 
at Puddington and neighbouring parts of the Dee 
Marshes. I have also seen an occasional one in 
ponds at Ness in autumn.’! Dr. Dobie has a bird 
shot on the Dee Marsh in September 1891. There 
are specimens in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 
from Ince, Chester, and Barrowmore, the last shot on 
January 4th, 1890. One which was shot at Aldersey 
on February 5th, 1894, had frequented that neighbour- 
hood through the winter. The Rev. C. Wolley-Dod 
reports that the Green Sandpiper is occasionally seen 
at Edge in September;? and Mr. J. W. Lewis informs 
us that one was shot between Sandbach and Alsager 
in 1895. Mr. Peter Cunliffe has a specimen which 
was obtained some years ago at Handforth; and on 
August 25th, 1897, we saw a party of four birds on 
the margin of Marbury Mere, near Northwich. 
Mr. F. Nicholson informs us that the Green Sand- 
piper is met with nearly every year on Tatton and 
other meres near Knutsford. We hear from Mr. F. L. 
Congreve that this species is often observed on the 
Dee Marshes throughout the summer months. 
COMMON REDSHANK. 
TOTANUS CALIDRIS (Linnzeus). 
During autumn and winter the Common Redshank 
frequents the shores of Wirral in considerable numbers. 
Inland, it is of rare occurrence; the only example we 
have seen was shot in the Mersey Valley at Warburton 
some years ago. 
A few pairs nest on the Dee Marshes at one spot, 
1 Brockholes, op. cit. p. 12. 2 Dobie, op. cit. p. 339. 
