WOOD SANDPIPER. 649 



geographical range of the two. The "Wood Sandpiper has 

 even become of much more frequent occurrence of late 

 years in this country than it was formerly. It is considered 

 a summer visitor to the south of Ireland, having been seen 

 by Mr. R. Ball for several years about the month of June, 

 frequenting a stream in Glenbower Wood, near Youghal. 

 E. H. Rodd, Esq., of Penzance, sent me word that seven 

 specimens were obtained in one day in the month of 

 August, 1840, near the Land's End ; one of these birds, very 

 beautifully preserved, was soon afterwards presented to me 

 by him, and proved to be a young bird of the year ; the 

 others were also reported to be young birds of the year. 

 In reference to the visits of the Wood Sandpiper and some 

 other allied species to the shores of Cornwall, Mr. Rodd 

 makes the following remarks : " On the 21st of April a 

 male specimen of the Wood Sandpiper was shot on the 

 sea-shore : I am not aware of the occurrence of this species 

 in this neighbourhood at an earlier period of the year. On 

 the 20th of May, 1840, a female was killed at the Land's 

 End, in which were the rudiments of eggs. In June of 

 the same year another was killed in the same locality ; and 

 in the month of August of the same year, a flock of seven 

 were killed in the same parish, which proved to be birds 

 of that year, and have been noticed above. At this period 

 of the year, I have observed that birds of the Tringa, 

 Totanus, and Limosa genera, which migrate from the 

 Continent, as well as from our own country, northward to 

 breed, commence their return movement very early in the 

 autumn, and the first flights consist almost entirely of the 

 young birds of that year." This species has been killed 

 in the spring in Essex. A pair of these birds, as I learned 

 from Mr. Henry Doubleday, were observed at a pond on 

 Weald Common, near Epping, in May, 1840; the female 

 was shot and brought to him: on examination the eggs 



