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THE GREEN SANDPIPER. 



Totanus ochropus. 



Tringa odiropwt, Green Sandpiper, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 86. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 89. 



Totanus FLEM. Brit. An. p. 103. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 75. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 197. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Chevalier cul blanc, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 656. 



THE habits of the Green Sandpiper in this country are 

 not yet perfectly understood. These birds appear to be the 

 most plentiful in spring and autumn ; a few remain here to 

 breed, but the greater part go for a time to the North of 

 Europe, probably returning with their young. Examples 

 not unfrequently occur in the various months of winter. 

 They frequent the sides of shallow streams, the banks of 

 rivers, canals, or lakes inland, and are not usually found so 

 near the sea as some of the other Sandpipers. They are 

 observed, when running, to spread and flirt the tail up like 



