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Mr. Frederick M'Coy has also recorded the occurrence 

 of this species in Ireland. " A specimen of this rare bird, 

 shot by J. Hill, Esq., near the Pigeon House, Dublin, is 

 preserved in the Museum of the Natural History Society 

 of Dublin. The specimen is in the same plumage as those 

 described by Mr. Yarrell ; the markings on the under side 

 of the wings are very beautiful. The specimen noticed is 

 the only Irish one I am aware of." Annals of Natural 

 History, vol. xv. p. 271. 



M. Vieillot includes this species in his Birds of France, 

 on account of its having been found in Picardy by M. 

 Jules de Lamotte. 



This bird was first made known as a species by M. 

 Vieillot, from an example obtained in Louisiana ; and it 

 is described and figured in his Galerie des Oiseaux, as the 

 type of the genus Tringa, p. 105, pi. 238. It is also de- 

 scribed as Le Tringa roussdtre, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 2de edit. torn, xxxiv. p. 470, and Encycl. Meth. p. 1090. 



From M. Natterer we learn that this bird is common 

 in Brazil ; but though found also in Louisiana and occa- 

 sionally in the more northern States of America, it was not 

 known to "Wilson or to the Prince Charles Bonaparte. Mr. 

 Nuttall, in his Manual of the Ornithology of the United 

 States and of Canada, says, " This elegant species, some 

 seasons, is not uncommon in the market of Boston, in the 

 months of August and September, being met with near the 

 capes of Massachusetts Bay. My friend Mr. Cooper has 

 also obtained specimens from the vicinity of New York. 

 Its food, while here, consists principally of land and marine 

 insects, particularly grasshoppers, which, abounding in the 

 autumn, become the favourite prey of a variety of birds." 

 -Vol. ii. p. 113. 



The figure in M. Audubon's work was taken from an 

 American specimen, procured at Boston. " I regret, how- 



