96 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



borne St. Andrew's, December 20, 1878. Mr. T. M. 

 Pike informs me that when living at Wareham he 

 used occasionally to see a few of these birds in 

 autumn on the reed-beds at the mouth of the Frome. 



COMMON SANDPIPER. ' Totanus hypoleucus, (L.) 



Yon-ell, iii. p. 446; Dresser, viii. p. 143; Seebohm, iii. p. 117; 

 Tringoides hypoleucus, Harting, p. 48; Ibis List, p. 173; 

 Tringa hypoleucos, Pulteney's List, p. 15. 



The Common Sandpiper, generally known as 

 " Summer Snipe," is a summer visitant, arriving 

 towards the end of April, and is generally distributed. 

 It is very abundant in the Poole and Weymouth 

 estuaries, as also along the shores at Portland ; but 

 direct evidence of its nesting in Dorsetshire is 

 wanting. 



GREEN SANDPIPEE. Totanus ochropus, (L.) 



Yarrell, iii. p. 457; Harting, p. 47; Dresser, viii. p. 135; See- 

 bohm, iii. p. 126; Helodromas ochropus, Ibis List, p. 174; 

 Tringa ochropus, Pulteney's List, p. 15. 



The Green Sandpiper is a spring and autumn 

 visitant, oftener seen on its autumn migration. It 

 frequents the banks of all our rivers and streams. I 

 have met with it in several parts of the county. 

 One in my collection was killed at Kimmeridge, and 

 another, an immature bird, was shot by Colonel Ham- 

 boro at Bere Regis, August 15, 1881. In September 

 as many as half a dozen might be seen together at 



