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GREEN SANDPIPER. 



WHISTLING SAKDPIPEE. WOOD SANDPIPEE. 



Tringa ochropus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



" A/drovandi, RAY. 



Totanus ochropus, FLEMING. SELBY. 



Tringa ? Ochropus. Ochros Yellowish green. Pou Afoot. 



THERE are some birds which always, you know not why, 

 arrest the attention more than others; some, even though not 

 very rare, always seem more interesting objects of pursuit 

 than others, and their acquisition a thing of more value. 

 So it is; but if you 'bid me discourse' as to the reason of 

 it, I have only to confess my ignorance, while I own to the 

 feeling of which I speak. The Green Sandpiper is one of 

 such birds: it is only in a comparatively few instances that 

 I have unexpectedly met with it on the brink of a stream 

 in this or that retired place. 



It is a very interesting species, and sufficiently uncommon 

 to be always worth obtaining. It appears to be of extensive 

 distribution, occurring in each of the four quarters, namely, 

 in Europe in Sweden, and in different parts of Scandinavia, 

 and in Italy, France, Greece, Switzerland, and other parts. 

 In Asia in Siberia, Persia, India, the country about the 

 mountains of Caucasus, and in Japan. In Africa in Egypt; 

 and in America about Hudson's Bay. 



In Yorkshire it is occasionally seen near Burlington, York, 

 Hebden Bridge, Huddersfield, and Leeds. One was shot at 

 Low Moor in 1830; one in 1835 near Wasborough, and one 

 in July near Barnsley; one at Temple Thorne, October 28th., 

 1839; one at Birstal in 1840; one near Escrick, the seat of 

 Lord Wenlock, in August, 1850. 



