WOOD SANDPIPER. 



GKALLATORES. 



601 

 SCOLOPACID^E. 



THE WOOD SANDPIPER 



Totanus glareola. 



Tringa glareola, Wood Sandpiper, 



Totanus 



Chevalier sylvain, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 88. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 99. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 103. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 77. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 198. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xv. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 654. 



THE WOOD SANDPIPER was first discovered as a British 

 Bird by Colonel Montagu, who clearly pointed out the spe- 

 cific differences between this species and the Green Sand- 

 piper last described. The birds are certainly somewhat 

 alike, not only in their appearance, but also in their habits, 

 and have been considered by some authors as merely va- 

 rieties of the same species ; no doubt, however, now re- 

 mains that these two Sandpipers are perfectly distinct, and 



