GREEN SANDPIPER. 
334* 
GRA LLA TORES. 
SCOLOPACID^E. 
GREEN SANDPIPER. 
Totanus ochropus. 
PLATE XO.* 
English ornithologists are of opinion that the Green 
Sandpiper remains in this country to breed, and Mr. Yar- 
rell says that it does so, but without sufficient evidence, 
since there is not, I believe, on record any instance of the 
nest and eggs having been found in Britain, although 
it is very probable that Mr. Hancock having discovered 
the eggs of the wood sandpiper, the assiduity shewn at 
present in collecting birds' eggs may lead to the discovery 
of those of this species also. The long delay of the bird 
in this country in the spring, protracted even into the 
months of summer, is the chief reason for the belief that 
it must breed here; this, however, may be accounted 
for by the very late date at which it is found breeding 
in Norway. 
The Rev. H. B. Tristram, who has, with great kindness, 
sent me all the eggs of this species in his collection (the 
only authentic specimens I have ever seen), found them 
fresh at the beginning of July, having been previously 
told that the bird did not arrive in the country till late 
in the summer. The eggs figured are from three nests 
found by Mr. Tristram in Norway, one with three eggs, 
the others with four each. Mr. Tristram says, “ one nest 
was among grass by the side of a sluggish stream, about 
