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the species now under consideration has the greater geogra- 

 phical range of the two. The Wood Sandpiper has even 

 become of much more frequent occurrence of late years in 

 this country than it was formerly. It is considered a sum- 

 mer visiter to the south of Ireland, having been seen by 

 Mr. B. Ball for several years about the month of June, 

 frequenting a stream in Glenbower wood, near Youghal. 

 E. H. Rodd, Esq. of Penzance, sent me word that seven 

 specimens were obtained in one day in the month of August 

 last, 1840, near the Land's End ; one of these birds, very 

 beautifully preserved, was soon afterwards presented to me 

 by him, and proved to be a young bird of the year ; the 

 others were also reported to be young birds of the year. 

 In reference to the visits of the Wood Sandpiper and some 

 other allied species to the shores of Cornwall, Mr. Rodd 

 makes the following remarks. "On the 21st of April a male 

 specimen of the Wood Sandpiper was shot on the seashore : 

 I am not aware of the occurrence of this species in this 

 neighbourhood at an earlier period of the year. On the 

 20th of May 1840, a female was killed at the Land's End, 

 in which were the rudiments of eggs. In June of the same 

 year another was killed in the same locality ; and in the 

 month of August of the same year, a flock of seven were 

 killed in the same parish, which proved to be birds of that 

 year, and have been noticed above. At this period of the 

 year, I have observed that birds of the Tringa, Totanus, 

 and Limosa genera, which migrate from the continent, as 

 well as from our own country, northward to breed, com- 

 mence their return movement very early in the autumn, 

 and the first flights consist almost entirely of the young 

 birds of that year." This species has been killed in the 

 spring in Essex. A pair of these birds, as I learn from 

 Mr. Henry Doubleday, were observed at a pond on Weald 



