CHARADRIIDA. 607 
THE WOOD-SANDPIPER. 
TOTANUS GLAREOLA (J. F. Gmelin). 
This bird is by no means so regular in its visits as the next species, 
with which it was formerly confounded, and the main body of 
migrants hardly reaches our shores. It is true that in autumn single 
individuals, or even small parties, usually of young, are met with on 
the east side of England, and in less numbers in the south, as well as 
in muddy situations far inland; while in Cornwall examples on the 
vernal passage have been noticed as early as April rsth. A few 
adults alight in East Anglia in spring, and a pair probably bred 
in Norfolk prior to 1846 (Zool. p. 1324); while on June 3rd 
1853 Hancock obtained a male bird, nest and eggs, on the now 
drained Prestwick Car, in Northumberland. In Scotland the 
Wood-Sandpiper has been obtained in Mid- and East Lothian, and 
Aberdeenshire, and the late Mr. Bond received eggs which he con- 
sidered to be well-authenticated from the vicinity of Elgin ; while in 
the west, several occurrences in the area of the Clyde and Loch 
Lomond are substantiated. Along that side of England the bird is 
very rare, even in such congenial situations as the flat shores of the 
Solway and of Lancashire, and it has seldom been recorded from 
Wales. In Ireland, the first on record was shot in co. Wicklow, on 
August 23rd 1885; two birds (out of three) were killed on the same 
bog very early in August 1896 ; and lastly, Mr. W. Drury obtained 
one (which I have examined) near Lough Cullin, co. Mayo, on 
September sth 1898. 
