104. BRITISH BIRDs. [ VoL. XI. 
Yorkshire, Breconshire and other counties ; indeed, there is a 
possibility, though as yet no proof, that it may occasionally 
breed with us.” The Hand-list of British Birds (1912) states : 
‘Occasionally observed throughout summer, and breeding 
often suspected but never proved.” In the new B.O.U. List 
(1915), we find under Green Sandpiper: “ A Bird of Passage 
and a Winter Visitor. It is not uncommon in England and 
Wales and is occasionally observed throughout the summer, 
but has, not been proved to breed.” The same authority 
gives its breeding-range as follows: “‘ Northern Europe and 
Asia, from the Arctic Circle southwards to Germany, Poland, 
Central Russia and the great mountain ranges of Central 
Asia,” while Saunders states that it breeds as far west as 
Holstein. 
As is now well known, the nesting-habits of the species are 
curious in that it shows a preference for old nests of Thrushes, 
Blackbirds, Jays and Ring-Doves, or even Squirrels’ dreys, 
in which to lay its eggs. 
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[Had one of the young birds been taken and its skin 
preserved in some public museum, lasting and incontrovertible 
proof would have been afforded, and it seems to us a great 
pity that the opportunity of obtaining such proof was 
missed.—Ebs. | 
