SIX MONTHS’ BIRD COLLECTING IN EGYPT, 189 
Oss. Wooncock. Scolopax rusticola, Linn, 
It is possible that the Woodcock may come to 
Egypt in very small numbers every winter, for 
I conversed with three or four people at Cairo 
who had met with it or heard from others of its 
occurrence. Von Heuglin speaks of it as found 
in March; and as it is a pure migrant and goes 
to Algeria, I do not see why it should not be 
found in northern Egypt; but I can hold out 
no hope of cock-shooting to the adventurous 
traveller such as he may get in Greece, or nearer 
home, in Ireland. 
138. MARS? SANDPIPER, Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst. 
This was met with at El-Badalki, and other marshes near 
Damietta, in January, sometimes in flocks; but what few 
we saw in Upper Egypt in April were single birds. I do 
not think it breeds at the Faioum. The tail-bars are much 
narrower than in the Green Sandpiper, with which only a 
casual observer would confound it. 
139. GREEN SANDPIPER, Jotanus ochropus (Linn.). 
I did not find it nearly so common in Upper as in Lower 
Egypt, where it was one of the commonest birds. It was 
not seen at the Faioum. Probably it is scarce in summer. 
140. WOOD SANDPIPER, ZYotanus glareola (Linn.). 
I found the Wood Sandpiper frequenting the same locali- 
ties as the Green, but it was by no means so abundant. 
Some remain as late as May. 
