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trout stream, at Cocking, near Midhurst ; but I 

 could not discover a nest or eggs, and the lo- 

 cal gamekeeper, whose attention I particularly 

 directed to the subject, was equally unsuccessful. 

 When disturbed at the pond, these birds used 

 to retire into the great woods in the immediate 

 neighbourhood. Suspecting that they might pos- 

 sibly be examples of Totanus glareola, I procured 

 one of them in the following July, but on ex- 

 amination, it proved to be an adult male of Tota- 

 nus ochropus. 



COMMON SANDPIPER, Totanus hypoleucos. A 

 summer visitor. Rarely found on the shore, but 

 frequently met with on the banks of inland 

 streams, among the grassy borders of which the 

 nest is placed. 



GREENSHANK, Totanus glottis. Of less frequent 

 occurrence than the redshank, but makes its ap- 

 pearance about the same time. Haunts and 

 habits similar. 



AVOCET, Recurvirostra avocetta. A rare visi- 

 tor. Small flocks have occasionally been met 

 with, but the bird has generally been found alone. 

 Three were killed, out of a party of six, at Pag- 

 ham Harbour, some years ago ; and another on 

 the banks of the Adur, above the old wooden 

 bridge at Shoreham, by Mr. Hampton of Apple- 

 sham. In February, 1848, an example occurred 



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