l66 FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE. 



Mr. H. H. Hughes once witnessed, on the Teme, the 

 process of mounting the old bird spread out her tail 

 and wings on the ground, and the little one promptly 

 ran up on to her back, when she immediately flew 

 off across the stream. 



Green Sandpiper B. Distinguished from the last by its 

 T. ochropus. larger size, shorter legs, and broader 



dark bands on the centre tail feathers. 

 The Green Sandpiper occurs pretty often in Shropshire, 

 in autumn and winter, and has been seen in summer near 

 Condover and Clun one shot Aug. ist, 1891, and another 

 July 1 3th, 1894. It i g now known that, unlike the other 

 Sandpipers, it often lays its eggs in the old nests of such 

 birds as the Thrush and Blackbird, and ignorance of this 

 fact may have caused its eggs to be overlooked. It 

 also sometimes lays on the ground, and in such a situation 

 nested, and reared its young, at Clungunford in 1888. 

 Mrs. Rocke saw the birds in the following summer as 

 well, but no nest was found that year. 



Redshank. Distinguished from the other Sandpipers, etc., 



T. calidris. by its long orange-red legs. This bird 



Mar. Sept. occurs from time to time, generally on 



the Severn and Teme. On April 6th, 



1892, one was shot near the Dayhouse, Shrewsbury. It 



is not known to have bred in Shropshire. It is said to be 



very noisy if its nest is approached. 



Greenshank. The legs of this bird are olive-green. It is 



T. cantscens. . rare in the County but has occurred 



several times in autumn. A young one 



was shot near Pontesbury in Sept., 1885, and another 



near Cressage, Sept. 5th, 1898. 



