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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
a few leaves under the eggs ; in broken-down trees where 
starlings and pied flycatchers had previously nested ; on 
the branches of an old pine tree where the spines were 
heaped together ; at elevations varying from five to thirty- 
five feet ; but always in proximity to ponds." 
Genus — Totanus. 
242. Totanus glareola, Wood-Sandpiper. 
A rare occasional visitor, usually during the autumn 
migration. 
In the Hart collection at Christchurch are specimens 
procured in the district in June, 1868; on August 19th, 
1873 ; and on August 6th, 1883. 
Mr. Corbin has recorded it from the New Forest, and 
Mr. Pearce from Langston Harbour. 
243. Totamis calidris. Redshank. 
A resident and increasing species. 
The bird was apparently unknown to White, nor has 
Hawker anything of interest to say about it. 
Wise appears to have been the first to discover it as a 
breeding species in the New Forest. " This bird," he says, 
" is certainly a resident throughout the year. I have 
repeatedly put it up during the autumn in some of the 
swamps near Stoney Cross, more especially in the evening, 
when it will hover round and round, just keeping overhead, 
not unlike a peewit. Several nests are yearly taken. Last 
