

.).; 



half changed to its summer plumage, and then first noticed the 

 change in the colour of the legs even, of this bird at this season. 

 In winter, and when young, they are similar in colour to the 

 Common Redshanks; but at this season the legs become dark 

 brown, and by the time the bird again gets its winter plumage, 

 they again become red. I have obtained several in Leadenhall- 

 market in the winter plumage, in the month of November. In 

 this neighbourhood we only meet with the bird very sparingly, 

 and then only in its young or first plumage, in August.* Before 

 Prestwick Carr was drained, it used occasionally to be there at 

 that time, and it is also at that season sometimes on the shores of 

 the Sol way. Even when so young, and having only arrived from 

 its breeding-station (Lapland or some other northern region), it 

 appears to be then very wary ; and a person who has killed two 

 at that season told me he had great difficulty in approaching them ; 

 one he killed at dusk by hiding himself and imitating its cry. 

 The Greenshank : I have observed and procured the young of the 

 year as early as the end of July ; and although much more com- 

 mon during its autumnal migration (all those which I have seen 

 at that season being young birds of the year), sometimes acquires 

 its winter plumage, and remains at places suitable to it during 

 the winter at least, I have obtained them in October and 

 November, and again in February. I cannot remember ever 

 seeing one killed near here having the spotted back, breast, and 

 neck, which the bird gets in summer. I have often seen Green- 

 shanks in Leadenhall-market in the month of April, in summer 

 plumage. I see also a notice of Temminck's Sandpiper having 

 been killed. In this neighbourhood the young birds of this species 

 occasionally occur in the early part of September, I have noticed 

 it between the 2nd and 1 Ith of the month. They appear to re- 

 main a very short time during the autumnal migration, and are 

 never seen in the winter plumage. I have one old bird in its 

 summer plumage, killed by the river side on the 25th of May, 

 1845 ; it was alone at the time, and I have seen one other killed at 



* On the 20th August, 1878, I was fortunate enough to fall in with two 

 of these elegant birds at Holy Island, one of which I shot. 



