SANDPIPERS. 139 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Tringoides macularius (Lin- 



nseus). 

 Hob. North America. 



One, Essex : Edwards' s Gleanings in Nat. Hist. vol. vi. p. 139. 

 Two near Belfast, July and Sept. 1828 : Mag. Nat. Hist. 



1829, p. 395*. 

 One near Runton, Norfolk, 26th Sept. 1839f : Yarrell, Hist. 



Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 661. 



Two seen, Shetland, 1844 : Zoologist, 1844, p. 462. 

 One seen, Bridlington, Yorkshire, March 1848 : Zoologist, 



1848, p. 2147. 



One, Whitby, 29th March, 1849 : Sir W. Milner, Zoologist, 



1849, p. 2455 ; Higgins, torn. cit. p. 2456. 



One, Bishop's Auckland, April 1849 : Duff, Zoologist, 1849, 



p. 2499. 



One seen, Bishop's Auckland, 3rd June, 1850 : Duff, Zoolo- 

 gist, 1851, p. 3036. 



Several near Brighton : Cavafy, Naturalist, 1854, p. 234. 

 One, Kingsbury Reservoir, Middlesex : Hartiug, Birds of 



Middlesex, p. 180. In the collection of Mr. Bond. 

 Two, Warrington, Lancashire, May 1863 : Smith, Notabilia 



of the Mersey District, p. 51. 

 One, Formby, Lancashire : Byerley's Fauna of Liverpool, 



p. 19. 

 One, Epworth, Lincolnshire, Feb. 1864 : Hudson, Zoologist, 



1864, pp. 9046, 9290 {. 

 One, Eastbourne, Sussex, Oct. 1866. In the collection of 



Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun. 



* This occurrence seems doubtful : cf. Thompson, Nat. Hist. IreL 

 (Birds), vol. ii. p. 216. 



f The owner of this specimen, Mr. J. H. Gurney, informs me that 

 he has now no doubt that he was imposed upon when he purchased 

 it, and that it was set up from an American skin. 



This, like many of the preceding, is a doubtful instance. 



