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It has been recorded from four maritime counties, which, 

 with one exception, are on the east side of Great Britain. 

 The earliest occurrence on record appears to be that of two 

 specimens obtained in Suffolk, November, 1852 ; another 

 is said to have been procured in the same county prior to 

 1870 (Babington, 'Birds of Suffolk'). The only other 

 record from England appears to be that of a bird cap- 

 tured at Tresco in the Scilly Isles, September 10th, 1887, 

 (Cornish, ' Zoologist,' 1887). 



From Scotland there are three records : One, a bird 

 obtained from Kincardineshire, September 6th, 1855 (Yar- 

 rell, 'History of British Birds'); another from the same 

 county was taken on September 21st, 1880 (Harvie-Brown, 

 ' Zoologist,' 1880) ; a third example was secured in Aber- 

 deenshire, September 29th, 1879 (Harting, 'Zoologist,' 1879). 



The only Irish specimen hitherto recorded is one " said 

 to have been shot in Sligo " (More, 'List of Irish Birds'). 

 It was obtained in a poulterer's shop in William Street, 

 Dublin, in October, 1870, where, according to Mr. Ussher, 

 it was seen on the 21st and not purchased until the 28th of 

 that month. It was presented to the Dublin Museum by 

 the late Sir Victor Brooke. 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. Eesembles the adult 

 male nuptial plumages of the last two species, but differing 

 in that there is no white over the tail, and the feathers of the 

 breast and abdomen are buff-coloured with ' arrow-headed ' 

 markings ; the axillaries are light brown, barred with a 

 darker shade ; the feathers of the top of the head are very 

 similar to those of the Whiinbrel, being dark brownish-grey, 

 interrupted by a pale central stripe. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



Adult winter, male and female. Kesembles the nuptial 

 plumage, but the breast and abdomen are less strongly 

 marked. 



Immature, male and female. Back and wings, brown, 

 thickly spotted with reddish-buff; throat and neck profusely 

 streaked ; ' arrow-headed' markings on sides of neck, breast, 

 and abdomen, dusky-brown. 



BEAK. Brownish-black. 



FEET. Greyish-blue. 



IRIDES. Dark brownish-black. 



