232 CHARADRIIDiE. 



March 1849 and ationt 1899 ; Kent, May 1904 ; Sussex, 

 Nov. 1908 and May 1913 ; and in Ireland in West Meath 

 in Feb. 1899. 



General Distribution.— The Spotted Sandpiper breeds in 

 North America from north-western Alaska to Ungava and 

 Newfoundland, southwards to southern California, Texas, 

 and South Carolina. In winter it visits the West Indies, 

 Central and South America, ranging to Brazil and Peru. 

 It is accidental in western Europe. 



Totanus ochropus. Green Sandpiper. 



Tringa OCrophuS Linncevs, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 149 : 



Sweden. 



Helodromas ochropus (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 174 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 437. 

 Totanus ochropus Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 609. 



Ochropus, from w^po's = pale yellow, and ttovs = a foot. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bird of Passage and 

 a Winter Visitor. It is not uncommon in England and Wales 

 and is occasionally observed throughout the summer, but has 

 not been proved to breed. A regular visitor in limited 

 numbers to the east coast of Scotland, from the Shetland 

 Islands soutliwards, but rare on the north coast and only 

 occasionally met with on the west, except in the Solway 

 district. It is accidental in the Outer Hebrides. In Ireland it 

 is not uncommon in autumn and winter, but almost unknown 

 in summer. 



General Distribution. — The Green Sandpiper breeds in 

 northern Europe and Asia, from the Arctic Circle south- 

 wards to Germany, Poland, central Russia, and the great 

 mountain ranges of central Asia. In winter it is widely 

 distributed and ranges southwards to southern Africa, India, 

 Burma, China, Japan, and the Malay Archipelago. It is 

 accidental in Australia and in Nova Scotia. 



