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Recurvirostra avocetta, Linn. Avocet. Said by Donovan to 

 have bred in Cambridgeshire, but this is doubtful. 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Grey Phalarope. A very rare 

 visitor. A pair were shot some years ago in autumn 

 between the Boathouses and Magdalene College Garden. 



P. hyperboreus (Linn.). Red-necked Phalarope. Has once 

 occurred near Cambridge in autumn. 



Scolopax rusticula, Linn. Woodcock. Not common and not 

 known to breed with us. 



Gallinago major (J. F. Gmelin). Great Snipe. A specimen 

 from "Cambridgeshire" is in the Saffron Walden 

 Museum, and the bird has occurred in the Fens. 



G. caelestis (Frenzel). Common Snipe. Plentiful. 



G. gallinula, Linn. Jack Snipe. Fairly common. 



Tringa alpina, Linn. Dunlin. A rare straggler in autumn 

 and winter. It used to occur in the Fens in summer. 



T. minuta, Leisler. Little Stint. First recorded in Britain 

 from Cambridgeshire, but apparently never observed there 

 since. (See Yarrell's British Birds, ed. iv. in. p. 386, 

 and Zoologist 1849, p. 2623.) 



T.^wz^mcA^'jLeisler.Temminck'sStint.Avery rare winter visitor. 



T. subarquata (Giildenstadt). Curlew- Sandpiper. Has occurred 

 on several occasions in the county, as at Guyhirn in Sep- 

 tember (Zoologist, 1851, p. 3279), and at the sewage farm 

 near Cambridge in September, 1896. It has also been 

 shot on the Cam. 



T. cajiutus, Linn. Knot. An occasional straggler to the 

 county, usually towards winter. 



Machetes pugnax (Linn.). Ruff and Reeve. See above. 



Tringites rufescens (Vieillot). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. The 

 only Cambridgeshire specimen constituted the first record 

 for Britain. (TV. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 109.) 



Bwrtramia longicauda (Bechstein). Bartram's Sandpiper. 

 Once recorded from the county. (See Yarrell's British 

 Birds, ed. iv. HI. p. 441.) 



Totanus hypoleucus (Linn.). Common Sandpiper. A summer 

 visitor, which may possibly breed in the county. 



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