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for ^ tired Waders whicli have just arrived from their long 
journey. I may mention en 2’>c<.ssant that in 1857 a Buona- 
parte’s Sandpiper (Trinrja fusdcollisj and a Eed-necked Phalarope 
were killed at one shot there {vide record by Mr. Kent, 
in the ‘ Zoologist,’ p. 6537), and the Sea Eagle and many other 
rare birds have occurred. On the 6th of May a solitary Godwit, 
still in full Avinter plumage, and a Bee\'e, appeared in this marsh. 
The Godwit Avas there again on the 7th and again on the Sth, and 
on the 10th it Avas joined by t\A’enty-five more, of Avhich about a 
third AA'^ere in the fullest breeding-plumage. These birds remained 
as long as the east Avind continued, either in the marsh or on the 
shore, and gave me many a close vicAv of them. On one occasion I 
saAA^ the Avhole tAventy-six hying over a pool on tlie sand, and the 
reflection of their red breasts, and the Avhite jrarts of their jrlumage, 
as they flcAV Ioav over the surface of the AA’^ater, Avas Avonderfully 
pretty. On another occasion, Avhile I Avas narroAAdy Avatching the 
actions of a jrair Avith nij’ binocular glasses, I had within easy shot 
of me at one time, tAA'o GodAvits, tAvo superb Turnstones, one Little 
Stint, three Dunlin, four Ring Dotterel, and one Green Sandpiper j 
but, generallj’-, I observed tJiat the Godwits disdained the com- 
jranionship of their smaller relations, and preferred to keejr apart 
from them. AVhen on the sand they have no objection to being 
splashed by the Avaves, and are sometimes almost lifted off their 
feet by them. Scarcely less interesting Avere the Green Sandpipers, 
first seen on J\fay 7th, and for a fcAv days tAvo pair frequented the 
marsh. They could not have been breeding there as they did not 
stop, and yet their actions in the air Avere like breeding birds, 
often floating — as it AA'cre — for a fcAV seconds, and then coming 
doAvn aslant on motionless jAinions for a yard or tAA'O, and again 
recovering themselves and going on as before. They may, indeed, 
have been the Wood Sandpiper, Avhich is rarer than the Green, 
but of this I had no means of judging. In regard to the 
notes and actions of these tAvo species it appears from all that 
has been AV’ritten about them, there is nothing AAdrich can be taken 
hold of as a good distinctive mark of difference. The late 
]\fr. AVheehvright has indeed recorded that the Wood Sandi)ipcr 
is the much quieter bird of the tAvo, but the experience of 
other observers Avould seem to contradict him. The Wood 
Sandpiper is certainly the more littoral, occurring inland much 
