I cannot find any positive record of the present bird's 

 breeding in our Islands, although I feel convinced that 

 it occasionally does so ; for evidence in favour of ray 

 view on this subject I must refer my readers to the 

 4th edition of 'Yarrell'; my personal experience on 

 this point will be found recorded in article 149 of my 

 " Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire " in the 

 ' Journal of the Natural History Society ' of that county. 

 The Green Sandpiper generally selects an old nest of 

 some other species for its nursery, often at a consider- 

 able height from the ground. I quote from " Yarrell," 

 ed. supr. cit., to the effect that the eggs have been found 

 in Pomerania in the abandoned nests of Song-Thrush, 

 Jay, Blackbird, Mistletoe-Thrush, Wood-Pigeon, once in 

 that of the Red-backed Shrike, often in squirrels' 

 " dreys," sometimes on the ground, and in various other 

 situations at from 3 to 35 feet in elevation, but always 

 in proximity to ponds. I have met with the Green 

 Sandpiper at various seasons in every part of Europe 

 that I have visited. 



