652 SCOLOPACID.E. 



Hoy told me he had seen it perch on the upper twigs of a 

 bush, which appears to be the habit of the Redshank and 

 some others of the same genus. 



The Wood Sandpiper is found in some of the provinces 

 of Germany, but only a few of these birds are seen in 

 Holland or France, and then in woody marshes. It is 

 seen in Provence, at Genoa, in Italy, and in Sicily. Dr. 

 Calvert gave me a specimen which he obtained in Malta. 

 Mr. Selby mentions having seen specimens from the Cape 

 of Good Hope ; and Dr. Andrew Smith also brought spe- 

 cimens from South Africa. In the extensive collection of 

 Sir William Jardine, Bart. I saw skins of this bird which 

 had been received from India, and Colonel Sykes and 

 Major Franklin also brought specimens from different 

 parts of India. The Totanus affinis of Dr. Horsfield, 

 included among the birds of Java, is considered to be 

 our Wood Sandpiper, and Mr. Gould mentions having 

 seen skins of this bird from Chili and the islands of the 

 Pacific. 



This bird is a little smaller than the Green Sandpiper ; 

 the beak greenish black, except at the base of the lower 

 mandible, which is pale brown ; the irides dusky brown ; 

 from the base of the upper mandible to the eye a dusky 

 patch ; over that and over the ear-coverts a white streak ; 

 the top of the head, and back of the neck, wing-coverts, 

 and tertials, greenish brown, each feather with buffy white 

 spots on the margin, some of which are triangular in shape, 

 others more elongated ; primaries uniform greenish black ; 

 upper tail-coverts white; tail-feathers with six or more 

 narrow transverse white bars, on a ground colour of 

 greenish black; chin white; sides of the neck, throat, 

 and breast, streaked downwards with ash brown lines on 

 a ground of dull greyish white ; belly, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts, white ; sides, axillary plume, and under wing- 



