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ORALLATORES. 



SCOLOPACIDJS. 



SCOLOPACID^E. 



THE WOOD SANDPIPER. 



Totanus glareola. 



Tringa glareola, Wood Sandpiper, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 88. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



,. BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 99. 



Totanus FLEM. Brit. An. p. 103. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 77. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 198. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Chevalier sylvain, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 694. 



THE WOOD SANDPIPER was first discovered as a British 

 Bird by Colonel Montagu, who clearly pointed out the 

 specific differences between this species and the Green 

 Sandpiper last described. The birds are certainly some- 

 what alike, not only in their appearance, but also in their 

 habits, and have been considered by some authors as merely 

 varieties of the same species ; no doubt, however, now 

 remains that these two Sandpipers are perfectly distinct, 

 and the species now under consideration has the greater 



