THE PURPLE SANDPIPER. 
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This species is an extremely rare visitant to England, six indi- 
viduals only being recorded in the second edition of Mr. YarrelFs 
work (1845) ; — two others are noticed in the ^Zoologist/ one as 
killed on the Sussex coast * (no date given), and another, on the 
3rd of September, 1846, near Penzance. f Two of the eight 
specimens were obtained in the south of England, and one other of 
them in the west, near Liverpool ; the remainder having occurred 
in the eastern counties, including Cambridge. This bird has 
not been met with in Scotland. It has been procured in Prance. 
The buff-breasted sandpiper inhabits the eastern shores both of 
South and North America, but is far from being commonly known, 
even on those of the latter, which have been so weU explored. 
THE PUEPLE SANDPIPEE. 
Eock Sandpiper. 
Tringa maritima, Brunnich. 
Regularly inhabits certain parts of the coast in autumn 
and winter. 
It is but little known as an Irish bird, and differs from the 
other Tfingce, by frequenting rocky coasts. Mr. Templeton knew 
it only from specimens hereafter to be mentioned in the collection 
of the late Mr. John Montgomery of Locust Lodge, Belfast. I 
shall notice the locahties in which this species has been observed 
from north to south, irrespective of dates. In Mr. J. Y. Stewards 
catalogue of the birds of the north-west of Donegal, J the 
purple sandpiper is mentioned as resident and common.^^ 
In a letter subsequently written, however, that gentleman 
informed me that he had not been able to satisfy himself 
respecting its breeding there. The Ordnance Museum con- 
tains examples from Portrush, killed in the months of August, 
September, November, and December, and from Cushendall 
* Mr. F. Bond, vol. i. p. 148 : — March 28, 1843, date of communication. 
t Mr. E. H. Rodd, vol. iv. p. 1500. t Nat. Hist., vol.v., 1832. 
