GREEN SANDPIPER. 599 



eggs are four in number, and are figured by Dr. Ludwig 

 Thienemann in his Work on the Eggs of the Birds of 

 Europe, tab. xvii. figure 6, as one inch and a half long, by 

 one inch and one-eighth broad, of a pale brown tinged 

 with green, and spotted over the broad end with blackish 

 brown. The flesh of the Green Sandpiper is said to be 

 excellent. 



This bird visits Scandinavia in spring, and remains till 

 August. It is not included among the Birds of the Faroe 

 Islands or Iceland, but one or two examples are said to 

 have been obtained as far to the North West as Hudson's 

 Bay. In spring and autumn it is found over Europe gene- 

 rally ; in France it is esteemed for its delicate taste, and it 

 is caught with limed twigs placed near its haunts. The 

 bird is seen in Switzerland, Provence, Italy, and several 

 islands of the Mediterranean. Mr. Strickland observed it 

 at Smyrna ; M. Vieillot says it is found in Egypt. The 

 Zoological Society has received specimens from Trebizond ; 

 and M. Menetries has included it in his catalogue of birds 

 found south of the Caucasus. Colonel Sykes, Major Frank- 

 lin, B. Hodgson, Esq., and Mr. Blyth, obtained specimens 

 in different parts of India ; and M. Temmiuck says it in- 

 habits Japan. 



The beak is greenish black ; the irides hazel ; from the 

 beak to the eye a dusky brown streak ; over that and over 

 the eye a white one ; top of the head, back of the neck, 

 back and wing-coverts, dusky green, slightly undulated 

 with darker shades ; primary quill-feathers uniform dusky 

 black ; scapulars and tertials greenish brown, with nume- 

 rous small light-coloured spots along both edges of the 

 scapulary feathers and on the outside margin only of the 

 tertials ; upper tail-coverts white ; tail-feathers for the 

 greater part white ; the outside feather on each side, with 



