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close to a rick of barley, where it had evidently been feeding, as its crop 
proved to be full of grain W. Bazexey (Taxidermist, Sheep Street, 
Northampton). 
Weight of the Pectoral Sandpiper.—In ‘ The Zoologist’ for January 
(p. 33), Mr. Williams, of Dublin, writing on an example of this species 
obtained during the past autumn in Ireland, says “it almost turned the 
scale at 8 oz.” Surely, for a bird slightly over the dimensions of the Purple 
Sandpiper, there must be some error in the weight recorded, or perhaps 
8 was a misprint for 3. I have never weighed a Pectoral Sandpiper, but, 
to judge from the size of the bird, and comparing it with the known weight 
of other waders, I should have thought that 2% to 3 oz. would have been 
much nearer the mark. In the last edition of Yarrell’s ‘ British Birds,’ the 
weight of the Don specimen is given at 2}0z. It is not a bad Snipe which 
weighs 44 oz., and a Knot will weigh the same; a fat Dunlin 2 oz. The 
Great Snipe, in good condition, is twice the weight of a Common Snipe, or 
8 to90z. The Golden Plover weighs 8 oz., and I once weighed eight, 
killed at the same time, which averaged 9 oz., but these were very fine 
birds and excessively fat. An example of Bartram’s Sandpiper (a bird 
rather larger than a Reeve), loaded with fat, is recorded in Yarrell’s ‘ British 
Birds’ (4th ed. vol. iii. p. 444) as weighing 6 oz. 2 dr.—JoHN CorRDEAUX 
(Great Cotes, Ulceby). 
[Considering the weight given by Mr. Williams (J. c.) to be very heavy 
for the size of the bird, and much in excess of that given by R. Gray, 
‘ Birds of West of Scotland,’ as quoted in the fourth edition of “ Yarrell” 
(iii. p. 8372), we wrote to Mr. Williams to enquire whether any mistake had 
been made, and he has replied as follows :—* In answer to your enquiries 
about the weight of the Pectoral Sandpiper, I weighed the bird with a parcel- 
post balance, and as the indicator just touched the 4-tb. mark, I concluded 
that that was the correct weight. I have since tested the balance carefully, 
and find it is just 1 oz. out, which would make the bird exactly 7 oz.; but 
from the quantity of fat, which quite soaked the plumage through, I should 
say it was, at the very least, 2 oz. over the weight of an ordinary individual 
of the same species. There can be very little doubt the weight given in 
*Yarrell’ is too little. I showed the bird to Mr. A. G. More, so there can 
be no doubt of its being a Pectoral Sandpiper. It has since been purchased 
for the collection in the Science and Art Museum, Dublin.”—Ep.] 
Green Sandpiper in Glamorganshire——On January 4th, whilst out 
Snipe-shooting near here, I shot a Green Sandpiper, Totanus ochropus. I 
have been told that this species has been known to frequent the lakes at 
Penllergare, near Swansea ; and I have also known of one that was obtained 
at Sant-y-nill Pond, St. Fagans, and another on Ely River, shot by the 
gamekeeper at St. Fagans, in 1885. Strictly speaking, however, the 
ZOOLOGIST.— FEB, 1889. G 
