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three eggs on an alder in an old dove's nest, as he 



thinks, though he states it might have been that of 



a jay. Previously he had only observed this sandpiper 



to use old nests of Turdus musicus, excepting once when 



he found some young ones, only a few days old, hard by 



a river bank on a layer of pine needles on an alder stub. 



With a brief allusion to the remarks upon this subject, 



by Herr Badeker and Dr. Baldamus, amongst foreign 



ornithologists, and the review of the same in the 



"Ibis" already mentioned, Mr. Newton concludes with 



a reference to the published notes of the late Mr. W. 



H. Wheelwright, who, under the signature of "an 



Old Bushman," made known, in his communications to 



the "Field" newspaper, his own experience of the 



green sandpiper's way of nesting in Sweden ; and the 



following portion of a letter received by him from 



his friend Pastor Theobold, of Copenhagen (dated 



November 27th, 1861). "The nidification of Totanus 



ochropus is so remarkable that I do not fear to trouble 



you with the history the Forester Hintz [mentioned 



above] has given me. He writes, 'This year I 



succeeded in finding the nest of Totanus ochropus. 



On the 9th of May I took four eggs of this bird; 



they were found in an old nest of Turdus musicus, 



and seemed to have been incubated about three days. 



The very same day there were brought me four other 



eggs of this bird, also found in a thrush's nest. * * * 



The 10th of May there was shown to me a nest, thirty 



feet high, on an old birch, the bird having chosen an 



old decayed nest of a squirrel. This nest was the 



highest I have ever seen. Three young ones had just 



been hatched ; in the fourth egg the bird was about to 



break the shell. One jumped down and concealed itself 



on the edge of a water-pool. The llth of May a nest 



with four fresh eggs was found, but they did not come 



into my hands ; this was in an old pigeon's nest on a 



