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SCOLOPACID.E. 



GRALLATORES. 



SCOLOPACIDJE. 



THE WOOD SANDPIPER. 



Tringa glareola. Wood Sandpiper, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 88. 



,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 99. 



Totanus ,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. J03. 



„ Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 77. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 198. 



,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xv. 



Chevalier sylvain, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 654. 



The Wood Sandpiper was first distinguished as a Brit- 

 ish Bird by Colonel Montagu, who clearly pointed out the 

 specific differences between this species and the Green Sand- 

 piper last described. The birds are certainly somewhat alike, 

 not only in their appearance, but also in their habits, and 

 have been considered by some authors as merely varieties of 

 the same species ; no doubt, however, now remains that these 

 two Sandpipers are perfectly distinct, and the species now 



