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GREEN SANDPIPER. 
WHISTLING SANDPIPER. WOOD SANDPIPER. 
Tringa ochropus , Pennant. Montagu. 
“ A/drovandi , Ray. 
Totanus ochropus , Fleming. Selby. 
Tringa—. .? Ochropus. Ochros — Yellowish green. Poms—A foot. 
There are some birds which always, you know not why, 
arrest the attention more than others; some, even though not 
very rare, always seem more interesting objects of pursuit 
than others, and their acquisition a thing of more value. 
So it is; but if you ‘bid me discourse’ as to the reason of 
it, I have only to confess my ignorance, while I own to the 
feeling of which I speak. The Green Sandpiper is one of 
such birds: it is only in a comparatively few instances that 
I have unexpectedly met with it on the brink of a stream 
in this or that retired place. 
It is a very interesting species, and sufficiently uncommon 
to be always worth obtaining. It appears to be of extensive 
distribution, occurring in each of the four quarters, namely, 
in Europe—in Sweden, and in different parts of Scandinavia, 
and in Italy, France, Greece, Switzerland, and other parts. 
In Asia—in Siberia, Persia, India, the country about the 
mountains of Caucasus, and in Japan. In Africa—in Egypt; 
and in America—about Hudson’s Bay. 
In Yorkshire it is occasionally seen near Burlington, York, 
Hebden Bridge, Huddersfield, and Leeds. One was shot at 
Low Moor in 1830; one in 1835 near Wasborough, and one 
in July near Barnsley; one at Temple Thorne, October 28th., 
1839; one at Birstal in 1810; one near Escrick, the seat of 
Lord Wen lock, in August, 1850. 
