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with green. The summer plumage differs from that of win- 

 ter only in having the upper parts darker and more glossed 

 with green, in there being a greater number of small dots on 

 these parts, and in the spots on the fore part of the neck being 

 guttiform, there being one along the shaft of each feather. 



Male, 10 T V, I7i, 5 T \, Ij, 1 T \, ft, * a . Female, 11J, 18J. 



It does not appear that this elegantly-formed bird ever 

 breeds in Britain, where it arrives about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. It frequents pools and small streams, is solitary, 

 and when disturbed emits a shrill whistling cry. It runs and 

 flies with rapidity, and when on wing presents a singular ap- 

 pearance, on account of the pure white patch on its rump. 



Tringa ochropus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 250. Tringa ochro- 

 pus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 729. Totanus ochropus, Temm. 

 Man. d'Ornith. ii. 651. Totanus ochropus, Green Tattler, 

 MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, iv. 



200. TOTANUS GLARE OLA. WOOD TATTLER. 



Bill dusky, greenish at the base ; feet greenish grey ; tail 

 doubly emarginate, white, all the feathers barred to the base 

 with blackish-brown, the outermost with the inner web plain ; 

 upper part of head greyish-brown ; back, scapulars, and inner 

 secondaries dark purplish-brown, with marginal whitish and 

 dusky spots; neck greyish-white, with longitudinal dusky 

 lines ; breast and abdomen white ; lower wing-coverts dusky, 

 edged with white ; axillar feathers and some of those on the 

 sides narrowly and irregularly barred with brown. 



Male, 9, 15, 5 T 2 ^, 1 T 2 ^, 1 T 8 ?? 1 T V, T 2 ^, and J. Female, 9^, 16. 



This species occurs accidentally or occasionally on the 

 southern and eastern coasts of England, in the course of its 

 autumnal and vernal migrations. It is said to be pretty com- 

 mon in the southern and eastern parts of Europe, and it has 

 been found in India and at the Cape of Good Hope. 



Wood Sandpiper. 



Tringa Glareola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 250. Tringa Glareola, 

 Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 730. Totanus Glareola, Temm. Man. 

 d'Ornith. ii. 654. Totanus Glareola, Wood Tattler, MacGil- 

 livray, Brit. Birds, iv. 



GENUS CV. ACTITIS. WEET-WEET. 



The birds which constitute this genus agree with the To- 

 tani in their general form ; but differ in having the bill not 

 longer than the head, with the margin of the mandibles but 



