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207.— WOOD SANDPIPER. Tmiga glareola L. 

 Very rare : obtained in Carnarvon, Merioneth, and Montgomeryshire. 



208.— GREEN SANDPIPER. Tringa ochropus L. 



Not uncommon in the eastern half of the district in autumn, and 

 occasionally met with at other times : rare in the west. 



Ill Carnarvonshire Mr. Ruddy records one shot near Pwllheli, 

 31st December, 1906, while Mr. S. G. Ciimmings noted one 

 on Bodfan Marsh, Llandwrog, 20th August, 1914. Mr. D. 

 Witty saw it at Colwyn Bay on three occasions in 1907-9. Mr. 

 Cummings also noted single birds on the Dee Marshes, 9th 

 October, 1909, and 2nd February, 1911, and on the Foryd, 

 Carnarvon, 29th August, 1917. 



209.— COM^ION REDSHANK. Tringa totanus (L.). 



Common as a migrant on and near the coasts ; rare inland ; a few pairs 

 breed in scattered localities. 



As a breeding species the Redshank has greatly increased in 

 recent years in Anglesey and Carnarvonshire. Parties have 

 been seen on Bardsey by Mr. T. A Coward in June, 1905, and 

 by Dr. N. F. Ticehurst in June, 1913. In Montgomeryshire 

 Mr. C. Wilson shot two on a hill near Lake V^Tnwy, 20th 

 August, 1907. 



210.— SPOTTED REDSHANK. Tringa erythropus (Pall.). 

 Very rare ; obtained on three or four occasions. 



211.— GREENSHANK. Trhiga nebularia (Gunner.). 



Not uncommon on the coasts and estuaries in autumn and spring ; fewer 

 in winter ; rare inland. 



jVIt. S. G. Cummings saw twelve, in twos and threes, in Foryd 

 Bay, Carnarvon, 7th Sei:)tember, 1916. Mr. F. Coburn observed 

 two on Barmouth Estuary 12th September, 1908 ; while in- 

 land ]VIr. G. Bolam records one on Bala Lake 27th August, 

 1906. 



