SANDPIPER. GRALLATORES. TOT ANUS. 75 



scapulars, and wing-coverts, hair-brown, with a grey 

 tinge, and with yellowish- white triangular spots occupy- 

 ing the margins of the feathers on each side of their 

 shafts. Legs pale orange-yellow. Bill reddish at the 

 base, with the tip blackish-brown. 



GREEN SANDPIPER. 



TOTANUS OCHROPUS) Temm. 



PLATE XVI. Fig. 2. 



Totanus ochropus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 651. Shaw's Zool. 21. 127. 



Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 103. No. 140. 

 Tringa ochropus, Linn. Syst. 1. 250. 13 Gmel. Syst. 1. 676. Lath. Ind. 



Ornith. 2. 729. 12. 

 Tringa Aldrovandi, Rail Syn. 108. A. 7. 8 Will 222. t. 55 Id. (Angl.) 



300. 



Becasseau ou Cul bknc, Buff. Ois. 7- 534. 

 Chevalier Cul blanc, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 651. 

 Punktierte Strandlaiiter, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 283 Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. 2. 386. 

 Green Sandpiper, Br. Zool. 2. No. 201 Lath. Syn. 5. 170. Mont. Ornith. 



Diet. 2. and Sup. with a Fig Bewick's Br. Birds, 2. 100. Shaw's ZooL 



12. 127. pi. 17 Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 103. No. 140. 

 Wood Sandpiper, Linn. Trans. 1. 130. f. 2. 



THIS well- shaped and handsome bird is with us an occa- Occasional 

 sional visitant during its vernal and autumnal migrations, vlsltant - 

 and at the latter period, from being a bird of solitary habits, 

 is always seen single, but is sometimes met with in pairs 

 when happening to visit our islands, in the progress to its 

 summer residence. It inhabits the edges of small streams, 

 and pools of fresh water in the interior of the country, and 

 is rarely, if ever, found upon the sea coast. It runs with 

 great activity, flirting its tail in the same manner as the 

 Common Sandpiper (Totanus hypoleucos). When flushed, 

 it utters a shrill whistle, and generally flies low, skimming 

 over the surface of the water, and following with precision 

 all the bends and angles of the stream. I have met with it 



