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Sims for me. A few years afterwards, Mr. John Sims, 

 who had then removed to Norwich, obtained a second 

 example of this species, which was killed at Sherringham, 

 on the coast of Norfolk, and which he preserved for the./ 

 Museum at Norwich. 



For the knowledge of a third specimen, I am indebted 

 to the Rev. T. Staniforth, of Bolton Rectory, Skipton, in 

 whose collection the bird is preserved. This gentleman 

 very kindly, at my request, sent me word that his example, 

 which was a male, was killed at Formby, on the banks of 

 the river Alt, about thirteen miles north of Liverpool, in 

 May, 1829, and was sent to Liverpool market for sale along 

 with some Snipes. A fourth specimen, shot at Yarmouth 

 in the autumn of 1839 or 1840, is in the possession of 

 T. C. Heysham, Esq., of Carlisle, who did me the favour 

 to send his bird to London that I might see it. 



Two specimens of this rare Sandpiper have since been 

 killed at Yarmouth, one in the autumn of 1841, the other 

 about the same time of the year 1843. These were re- 

 corded by J. H. Gurney, Esq., and Mr. W. R. Fisher. 



E. H. Rodd, Esq., of Penzance, has recorded the oc- 

 currence of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Cornwall, in 

 the Zoologist for 1846, in the following terms : " I am 

 enabled to add this rare Tringa to our Cornish Fauna, by 

 the capture of one on the sands between this place and 

 Marazion, on the 3rd of September. The bird was flying 

 in company with Dunlins and Ring Plovers, and was 

 killed with several of these birds. The plumage of the 

 bird seems to agree so entirely with Mr. Yarrell's spe- 

 cimen, which was killed at the same time of year, that it 

 would be unnecessarily filling your pages to enter into a 

 full description of its plumage. The specific characters 

 which distinguish this species from the other species of the 

 family, are clearly defined in the under surface of the wings." 



