SPOTTED REDSHANK.
DUSKY SANDPIPER. SPOTTED SNIPE. BLACK-HEADED SWIPE.
COURLAND SNIPE. DUSKY SNIPE.
Totcnus fuscus,
Scohpax fuscus,
Scolopax iotanus,
FLEMING. SELBY.
MORRIS.
PENNANT. MONTAGU.
Totanus— ? t'ttsrus—Dark—dark brown.
T i n s is a native of Europe, North America, and Asia; occurring in
India.
I t breeds in various pails of Scandinavia, Sweden, Norway, Lapland,
and Denmark. It likewise is met with in Italy, France, Switzerland,
.Spain, and Holland. It is also a native of Asia, and has been procured
in Siberia; and in India, in Bengal.
Of the present species Pennant records one specimen obtained in the
Isle of Anglesea. Montagu notices two, both procured in Devonshire.
Others since, occasionally, young birds.
I n April, 1838, one was found in the Isle of Ely, in Cambridgeshire;
one shot near there September 11th., 1851. In Norfolk three near
Yarmouth; others have been met with at Brcydon; specimens indeed
occur every year in that county, chiefly- young birds in spring and
autumn, but individuals also at other periods of the year. In Yorkshire
one was killed about the year 18^8, at Braithwell Grange, others on
the moors near "Whitby, and llebden Bridge, also one at Kilnsey, in
the East Riding, August £3rd., 18(i9. In Suffolk one near Ipswich;
and one at Caveuham the first week in September, 1851. In Sussex
one at Eastbourne, the 6th. of the same month. Five were caught in
a net at Guyhirn Wash, September the 3rd. and the 6th. In Hampshire
one at Oakhanger, in the parish of Sclborne, the 30th. of August,
1851. In Cornwall several at different times: one on (Joonhilly Downs,
December 3rd., 1858.