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scapulars, and wing-coverts, hair-brown, with a grey 
tinge, and with yellowish-white triangular spots occupy- 
ing the margins of the feathers on each side of their 
shafts. Legs pale orange-yellow. Bill reddish at the 
base, with the tip blackish-brown. 
GREEN SANDPIPER. 
Toranus ocuropus, Temm. 
PLATE XVI. Fig. 2. 
Totanus ochropus, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 651.—Shaw’s Zool. 21. 127.— 
Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 193. No. 140. 
Tringa ochropus, Linn. Syst. 1. 250. 13.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 676.—Lath. Ind. 
Ornith. 2. 729. 12. 
Tringa Aldrovandi, Raii Syn. 108. A. 7.8.—Will. 222. t. 55.—Id. (Angl.) 
300. 
Becasseau ou Cul blanc, Buff: Ois. 7. 534. 
Chevalier Cul blanc, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 651. 
Punktierte Strandlaiiter, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 283.—Meyer, 'Tasschenb. 
Deut. 2. 386. 
Green Sandpiper, Br. Zool. 2. No. 201.—Lath. Syn. 5. 170.—Mont. Ornith. 
Dict. 2. and Sup. with a Fig.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 2. 100.—Shaw’s Zool. 
12, 127. pl. 17.—Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 103. No. 140. 
Wood Sandpiper, Linn. Trans. 1. 130. f. 2. 
Tuts well-shaped and handsome bird is with us an occa- Occasional 
sional visitant during its vernal and autumnal migrations, ee 
and at the latter period, from being a bird of solitary habits, 
is always seen single, but is sometimes met with in pairs 
when happening to visit our islands, in the progress to its 
summer residence. It inhabits the edges of small streams, 
and pools of fresh water in the interior of the country, and 
is rarely, if ever, found upon the sea coast. It runs with 
great activity, flirting its tail in the same manner as the 
Common Sandpiper (T'otanus hypoleucos). When flushed, 
it utters a shrill whistle, and generally flies low, skimming 
over the surface of the water, and following with precision 
all the bends and angles of the stream. I have met with it 
