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attention was attracted by the very peculiar cry of a sandpiper 
flying at a great height over Roserk, and as I never before heard 
a similar call I was much puzzled to find out what bird it was. 
Again, on the 13th September of the same year, I started a sand- 
piper off the Moyview shore, which uttered the same peculiar call- 
note, and surprised me by its wild and powerful flight. It rose 
from the shore like a wild snipe, soaring to a great height and 
going right off out of sight, so unlike the habit of other sandpipers. 
I next heard the call near the island of Baunros on November 15th, 
1871, and again on November 27th, 1874; and I both saw and 
heard the bird on the 23rd April, 1875, when passing Baunros in 
my punt, but it was so wild that I was unable to get a shot at it. 
Although 1 went on two occasions to the island I was always 
unsuccessful, and after the 25th the bird disappeared altogether for 
the season. My next meeting with it was on September 4th, 1876, 
when I heard it call as it flew along the shore here, and afterwards 
saw and heard it on several occasions, but although most anxious 
to obtain it, I was always unsuccessful, owing to its great wariness. 
On the 30th October I was in my punt near Roserk, when I got 
a close view of the bird resting on the strand amongst a flock of 
Redshanks. As the punt drifted near, the latter made off, but the 
stranger ran along the shore before the boat, calling loudly. I was 
well able to see its long slender bill and legs (so very different from 
those of the common bird), and the streak between the eyes and 
bill, and when it flew off the dark wings also proved that it was the 
Spotted Redshank. After leaving the shore, it flew a couple of 
hundred yards away to another island, and as it was alone I easily 
got a shot from the punt and knocked it over—the third Spotted 
Redshank known to have been obtained in Ireland. My curiosity 
as to what bird uttered the peculiar calls that had so long puzzled 
me was thus satisfactorily gratified. 
Green Sandpiper, Totanus ochropus.—A very rare visitant, and 
only twice obtained here. The first I shot at a little lough on 
the 138th January, 1866, and the second was shot at the same 
place on August 25th, 1874, by Mr. A. G. More, who saw a pair 
there. 
Common Sandpiper, Totanus hypoleucos.—A regular summer 
visitant to all the lakes and rivers, 
Greenshank, Totanus glottis.—Common. It very probably breeds 
on the shores of some of the little bay lakes, as | have met the 
