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THE GREEN SANDPIPER. 
Totanus 6cHRoPuUS (Linneus). 
The Green Sandpiper is not uncommon on the spring as well as 
on the autumnal migration in many parts of England and Wales, 
while it is sometimes met with in the depth of severe winters, and 
continues in good condition when Snipes are lean. From some 
of our streams it is, indeed, seldom absent, except during June and 
July ; and even in those months single birds, pairs, or small parties 
have been noticed in Sussex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Brecon- 
shire and other counties; indeed there is a possibility, though as 
yet no proof, that it may occasionally breed with us. On the east 
side of Scotland it is of fairly frequent occurrence, but in the north 
it is very rare, while its presence in the island-groups has not yet 
been recorded, and it is seldom met with on the west coast, except 
in the Solway district. To Ireland its visits are not uncommon in 
autumn and are fairly frequent in winter. 
This Sandpiper is found nesting in marshy woods, from the 
vicinity of the Arctic circle southward to Central Russia, Poland and 
Germany, and as far west as Holstein. Over the rest of the Con- 
tinent it is well known as a migrant, and I have an adult female 
from Malaga, in the south of Spain, shot as late as June 24th. 
From autumn to spring it is abundant in suitable localities from 
Morocco to Egypt; and, though not traced beyond Angola on the 
west side of Africa, it ascends the Nile valley to Abyssinia, con- 
tinuing its course through the Lake district to Cape Colony. In 
summer it is found in Asia from the Arctic circle to the great 
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