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Edward Doubleday saw several pairs about small streams 

 in the vicinity of Snowdon, in summer, and two pair were 

 observed near Capel Carig. This bird is a summer visiter 

 to Ireland, and specimens are to be seen in several collec- 

 tions. John Skaife, Esq. of Blackburn in Lancashire, has 

 in his collection a male and female that were shot at the 

 end of July 1837, on a small brook that falls into the 

 Darwen about three miles and a half south of Blackburn : 

 circumstances induced the belief that this pair of Green 

 Sandpipers had bred in that neighbourhood. Mr. Hey- 

 sham has recorded several instances of the occurrence of 

 this bird in Cumberland, but these have generally happened 

 from August to October. H. Bickley, Esq. sends me word 

 that this species, as also Tringa Jiypoleucos^ frequent brooks 

 about Melton in Leicestershire in summer. A specimen has 

 been killed in May near Newcastle. Mr. Selby mentions 

 three that have been killed in autumn in Northumberland, 

 and adds that John Murray, Esq. of Murraythwaite in 

 Dumfriesshire, possesses a male and female, shot by him 

 when together, near that place in the spring of 1829. 



Mr. Henry Doubleday sent me word lately, that on the 

 2nd of November 1840 he shot a Green Sandpiper in the 

 vicinity of Epping, but never saw one there so late in the 

 season before. " As the bird was only slightly wounded in 

 the wing I did not kill it, and it is still alive ; it is not at 

 all shy, and feeds readily upon small worms, first dipping 

 them in a pan of water ; it runs about the room rapidly, 

 and is constantly moving its tail up and down like a 

 Wheatear. Mr. Selby observes that this bird when flush- 

 ed utters a shrill whistle, and generally flies low, skimming 

 over the surface of the water, and following with precision 

 all the bends and angles of the stream." The nest is on 

 the bank, or among grass by the side of a stream. The 



