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Tangier^ in small lots^ which frequent the edges of rivers and 
lakes, and mostly pass northwards during March and April, 
returning to remain for the winter in September and Oc- 
tober. Some, however, remain in the country for the breeding- 
season/^ 
I found the common Redshank in some numbers at the 
lakes of Ras Dowra towards the end of April ; and they were 
then evidently beginning to nest. They were not in any thing 
like the quantity which breed in some parts of the marismas 
of the Guadalquivir, where they are a little later in breeding 
than the Peewit, which is there the earliest marsh-nesting 
bird. In Andalucia this Redshank is, though frequently seen 
in winter, chiefly migratory, passing north in great abun- 
dance mostly towards the middle of April, when many are to 
be seen and heard shrieking out their double note about the 
old Salinas or abandoned salt-pits at Palmones, near Gibraltar ; 
and a great many fall victims, to appear ultimately in the 
market ; but they are quite unfit to eat. 
The total length is about 11 inches. 
231. ToTANUs GLAREOLA (Linn.). The Wood- Sandpiper. 
This bird is not noticed by Favier as occurring in Morocco ; 
but there were plenty to be seen towards the end of April at 
the lakes of Ras Dowra and other swamps in that country ; 
and near Gibraltar I have observed it frequently on passage 
from the 9th of March to the beginning of the month of May. 
Being, as far as my observations go, entirely a freshwater 
Sandpiper, this species most resembles in habits the Marsh- 
Sandpiper {T. stagnatilis). 
It can be distinguished by the axillaries, which are white, 
with a few dusky bars; the legs are pale olive-green; and the 
tarsus is long in proportion to the body, giving it a " Stilt- 
like ^' appearance. 
232. ToTANUs OCHROPUS (Linn.). The Green Sandpiper. 
Spanish. Lavandera. 
" This species is not uncommon in winter around Tangier, 
frequenting the edges of lakes and the banks of rivers alone 
