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with green. The summer plumage differs from that of win- 
ter only in having the upper parts darker and more glossed 
with green, in there being a greater number of small dots on 
these parts, and in the spots on the fore part of the neck being 
guttiform, there being one along the shaft of each feather. 
Male, lOy 1 ^, 17 I 4 ? i tV; tL i 3 2 * Female, lljr, 18^. 
It does not appear that this elegantly-formed bird ever 
; breeds in Britain, where it arrives about the middle of Sep- 
tember. It frequents pools and small streams, is solitary, 
and when disturbed emits a shrill whistling cry. It runs and 
flies with rapidity, and when on wing presents a singular ap- 
pearance, on account of the pure white patch on its rump. 
Tringa ochropus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 250.-— Tringa ochro- 
pus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 729. — Totanus ochropus, Temm. 
Man. d’Ornith. ii. 651. — Totanus ochropus, Green Tattler, 
MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, iv. 
200. Totanus Glareola. Wood Tattler. 
Bill dusky, greenish at the base ; feet greenish grey ; tail 
doubly emarginate, white, all the feathers barred to the base 
: with blackish-brown, the outermost with the inner web plain ; 
upper part of head greyish-brown ; back, scapulars, and inner 
! secondaries dark purplish-brown, with marginal whitish and 
dusky spots ; neck greyish-white, with longitudinal dusky 
I lines ; breast and abdomen white ; lower wing- coverts dusky, 
j edged with white ; axillar feathers and some of those on the 
sides narrowly and irregularly barred with brown. 
Male, 9, 15, 5 T %, 1 T 2 ^, 1 T \, 1 T ^, and J. Female, 9^, 16. 
1 This species occurs accidentally or occasionally on the 
southern and eastern coasts of England, in the course of its 
autumnal and vernal migrations. It is said to be pretty com- 
mon in the southern and eastern parts of Europe, and it has 
been found in India and at the Cape of Good Hope. 
Wood Sandpiper. 
Tringa Glareola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 250. — Tringa Glareola, 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 730. — Totanus Glareola, Temm. Man. 
i d’Ornith. ii. 654. — Totanus Glareola, Wood Tattler, MacGil- 
1 livray, Brit. Birds, iv. 
GENUS CY. ACTITIS. WEET-WEET. 
The birds which constitute this genus agree with the To- 
i tani in their general form ; but differ in having the bill not 
| longer than the head, with the margin of the mandibles but 
