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towards the tip, the third from the outside with 

 two only, the second with a spot on the outer web, 

 the exterior feather entirely white ; on the under 

 surface of the body the ground colour is entirely 

 pure white ; the cheeks, sides of the neck, and 

 breast, being 1 marked with narrow streaks and tri- 

 angular spots of clove-brown in the centre of the 

 feathers ; the under wing-coverts are greyish-black, 

 bordered with white, the axillary feathers of the 

 same colour, and very narrowly barred with white ; 

 the bill, feet, and legs, blackish-green. 



THE WOOD TOTANUS, TOTANUS GLAREOLA, 

 Temm. Tringa glareola^ Penn., Mont., etc. 

 Chevalier sylvain, Temm. Totanus glareola, the 

 Wood Sandpiper of British authors. This bird 

 has been considered a much rarer British visi- 

 tant than the last, with which it was long con- 

 founded, though it has of late years appeared 

 more frequently. It was first brought into notice 

 by Colonel Montague. Many of the specimens 

 mentioned seem to have been taken in spring and 

 early in summer, its appearance in autumn being 

 less frequent. To the northward, in England, we 

 trace it to Northumberland, but, hitherto, we are 

 not aware of any specimen killed in Scotland. In 

 Ireland, with the last, it is recorded as a " sum- 

 mer visitant," from which we are not sure whether 

 straggling birds occur, or that a few remain to 

 breed. Out of Britain, it is recorded as met with 



