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The green sandpiper is very rarely seen near Waterford* About 

 the month of October, 1822 (?) one was shot at the sea-side, near 

 Youghal, by Mr. E. Ball. In November 1835, a bird in full 

 adult plumage was killed by Mr. R. Chute, in a bog about live 

 miles from the sea, near Tralee. The same gentleman procured 

 another winch was shot in that neighbourhood about the 1st of 

 October, 1846. Most of the above examples, of which particu- 

 lars are known, appeared about fresh water. 



The green sandpiper seems to have come more frequently under 

 the notice of Sir Wm. Jardine, than any ornithologist in Britain ; 

 and, accordingly, an interesting account of it, as observed about 

 his residence in Dumfries-shire, is given in his ' History of British 

 Birds/ As information three or four years subsequent to what 

 appears there (the volume was published in 1842), it may 

 be mentioned that when at Jardine Hall, in October 1845, a 

 specimen was shown to me which had been killed in the first week 

 of that month. Between the middle of September and that period 

 the species had annually been met with there, for several years, 

 when on its passage southward. In one instance only had it been 

 obtained in winter. It frequents the bogs in elevated situations 

 as well as the low grounds. 



The green sandpiper migrates regularly, for the purpose of 

 breeding, to the countries of northern Europe. Its habits in 

 England, as well remarked by Mr. Yarrell, " are not yet perfectly 

 understood." It is only known in Ireland, to the present time, 

 as occurring^ at uncertain intervals, and those chiefly late in 

 autumn or in winter ; — we know nothing of its breeding in this 

 island. 



* Dr. R. J. Burkitt. 



