176 TOTANUS OCHROPUS.—T. BREVIPES. 
[§ 8794. Four.—Pomerania, 5 June, 1865. From Forester 
Hintz, through Herr Theobald, 1866. 
The Pastor wrote:—“I am elad to send you another nestful of Totanus 
ochropus, with the nest of Turdus in which the eggs were found. They came 
from the Forester Hintz in Pomerania, and he is of opinion that they belong 
to a second breeding. I am inclined to think the nest is that of Turdus 
merula.” The nest does look like that of a Blackbird, as the Pastor suggests. 
In this year Herr Hintz obtained seven nests of this species between the 
30th of April and the 8th of June (Journ. fiir Orn. 1866, pp. 151, 158).] 
[§ 3795. Fouwr.—Pomerania, 5 May, ) 
1866. | From Forester Hintz, 
> through 
[§ 3796. Four—Pomerania, 12 May, | Mr. H. 8. Hawkins. 
1866. ) 
These two complete nestfuls were sent me by Mr. Hawkins, who received 
them direct from Hintz, whose handwriting they bear. From his ‘ Bericht’ 
(Journ. fiir Orn. 1867, pp. 170, 175) it appears that he got only four nests of 
the species in 1866—the first on the 15th of April and the last on the 17th 
of May. | 
[§ 3797. Four.—Gardsj6, 2 June, 1867. From Herr O. E. 
Stenstrom, 1868. 
Given to my brother Edward with the information that they were taken as 
above from an old nest of Columba palumbus built in a Scotch-fir twenty-five 
feet from the ground. Herr Stenstr6m continued to avail himself of the 
services of some of the lads or men whom Mr. Wheelwright used to employ, 
and the bird was well known to them, so that there is no doubt about the 
genuineness of these specimens. | 
TOTANUS BREVIPES, Vicillot. 
[§ 3798. One.— Hakodadi, Japan.” From Mr. H. Whitely, 
through Mr. J. E. Harting, 1870. 
Though I am inclined to believe that this specimen is genuine, I un- 
fortunately failed to get any further particulars of it, and though it was 
doubtless sent to Mr. Whitely from Hakodadi, it does not at all follow that 
it was taken there or even thereabouts. I have not seen or even heard of any 
other specimen with which I could compare it. Through his son, who joined 
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