GEEEN SANDPIPER 335 



and under tail-coverts, white ; axillaries, white, with small 

 brown marks. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



Adult winter, male and female. Somewhat resembles 

 the nuptial plumage, but the feathers are much less spotted 

 and streaked in winter. 



Immature, male and female. The spots on the back 

 and wings are larger and more denned than in the adult, 

 and the axillaries are almost pure white; the outer tail- 

 feathers, which are white, are barred on both webs ; other- 

 wise the plumage resembles that of the adult. 



BEAK. Dark brown. 



FEET. Bright olive colour. 



IBIDES. Blackish-brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH ... ... 8'5 in. 



WING ... 5 



BEAK ri ,, 



TARSO-METATAESUS 1-5 ,, 



EGG 1*5 X 1 in. 



GREEN SANDPIPER. 1 Totanus ochropus (Linnaeus). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, 'Birds of Great Britain,' vol. iv, pi. 

 56; Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pi. 564 ; Lilford, 

 ' Coloured Figures,' vol. v, pi. 46. 



Though nowhere numerous, yet the Green Sandpiper is 

 more common than the preceding species as a migrant to the 

 British Isles. It is most often seen in spring and autumn, 

 but has been met with in midwinter and midsummer. 

 It is likely that the birds which remain with us during June 

 and July are immature, as there is no proof that the nest has 

 ever been procured in our country. 



To the north and west of Scotland, this species is a rare 

 visitor. Records from the Hebrides, the Orkneys, Shetlands, 



1 " The Green Sandpiper has only one large notch on each side of the 

 posterior margin of the sternum, and was therefore placed in a separate 

 genus, Helodromas, by Kaup, who further created Rhyacophilus for the 

 Wood- Sandpiper " (Saunders). 



