the ordinary nesting-habits of other waders, was brought
before the potice of British readers by Professor Newton,
who published an interesting account of- the novel facts in
the Proceedings of the Zoological Society tor 18.63 (pp.‘.j529—
632). It appears that the first published' intimation of
the selection of trees ast breeding-places was given’in ‘ Nau-
mannia * for 1851 and 1862 ; and soon afterwards Herr
Wiese narrated in the ‘ Journal Mr‘Ornithologies 1855,
p. 514, how, having been told of this by an'old sportsman,
he took a clutch of four eggs, hijnself from a simple, bed jof
moss high up in the fork of a pine-tree !ifci the district
of XHöslin, Pomerania/ where, he afterwards found /.others.
Subsequently, Forester Hinz communicated* (J. fr O. M62,
p. 460) ample details respecting ’ .the. nidificatiecr ofifihis
species: as observed b y him in Pomerania'since the year
1818. The eggs, which have been found as' early as: the-sböth
of Aprils were frequently-placed , on old/nésts^óf thé Sing-
Thrush, Jay, Blackbird, MissekThraash, Wood” Pigeon>^nce
on that of the Re.d? hacked Shriké; lof tenpin squirrels’ dreys;
sometimes on the ground:; on é^.èrrnp.ss.«cm .©ïd stomps with
only a few. leaveal under th&hieggs|li®tbroken-d.own: fe^ees
where Starlings and Pied Flycatchers had‘pBavdo.usly nested ,-
onMhe branches’ of. an old pme-jksge^b«& the spines were
heaped together ; at elevations^ varying ifrom, 3':tö;35'Ék$i;
hut always impmtimity to ponds. " From one?.of the loftiest
nests the .yo.ung jumped:down without' injury,, and immediately
hid .themselves in the grassy' Mrs Seehohm’ found an
old nest which contained one^egg-ofthis Sandpiper, "about
six;'feet: from the ground, in a .willow-tree.at-Egarka on dh'e
Yenesei/ion the ,6th July. The, eggs are ofi a pale, greyish-
green, with small purplisfibrown spots and -markings, thicker
towatds the, larger end; they measure about 1-55 by||§l i|&
It is supposed' that, as with otheriwadersy ttib/fêmales-occa^
sSn^lly lay in the. same néjt, as sevenseggiisrè saidt:te:Eave
been found in one; the usual
The Green Sandpiper i s partial to woödland -streams and
ponds, and peaty sVamps anltnëadow-drains, and it'is%el$ini
found in’ tjie vicinity of „the'sea.'. It is,.generally eh^vbd
alone'o rbin'-pairs or family' parties, and is a shy and
watchful ^species, frequently shifting -itsfeeding-grounds for
no assignable reason. - -The flight__is rapid and glancing;
and d h e note is a remarkable shrill whistling-
Mr; Harting, who has' given a long and&ekcellen-ti account
of its frabits'-(BJ of Middles&xy pp. 173-177)I!vsays th a t
it is more sluggish in its movements' than -the' Common
Sandpiper, feeding more ^fowly and systematically.'"-'’ ?I t is
not a surface' feeder, h u t bores a good - deal for its -food,'5
which consists chiefly of small-beetles, spider's, very small
red worms, ’ woodlice, - an'd snmll^fresh-watef- snaHs, vmihgled
with a little ' vegeWblejnatter,"'and with lees’ admixture of
grit than is usual with'othbr-species of%nC:fgefius?' Of a Bird'
wounded on-'tjfe '2nd -November, ■-4840,- and,,fe pt alive, the’
lafAMr. Boubleday wrote toitfee Autber tbat i t was not-at all
Slyy and fed readrlyupM-'emall worms' first dipping them in
a pah of water-; it ran "about the-TOOTQ ’’ rapidly; eofi'stanfly
Ipving its 1tailAfip-l;nd fiewn Hie a Wheat ear.- ■ :Tbe flesh
'd e s c rib e d 'th e -Tate^ Rev. R. Lubbock as -having*# a most
fulsome-■ muddy'imell,iV/althoug'h'the bird i^^tder&Ily f a t;
andMr.'-Cdrdeaux and C^jM^Irby- speak ofrit^Sefe^femfatie'
l^r^musky^bd^urjft'Hfti M’f7?Gwnlyi arid^^Mfs' have'-'mot
-jfpitfed -this.'
The beak ig greenish-black; '~#hp iifides hazel; from tp i
heak^o th e b e ' a dusky-brown streak; bver tbat and over
ithe’eye a white one^r^tog of the,head, back of the neck,
backp^ingfcoverts; and tertfals greenish-brown, with numer-
(b||5small light'-coleu^pspots ; primary .quill-;feathei;e dusky-
'bla'ck; upper tail-covefts* white | tail-feathers for the greater
part white ; the outside feather on each side with one 'small
-dark spot 'oh the outer web near the end; the next feather
vtith.'-'two dark spots third and fourlh’jwith two rather
broad dark bands ^the~&fihj and sixth with three gp four
dark bands, ’but .aJI t|ie mfrks-^are on the distal half of the
"fail featfers; leavfeg the basal hajfi pure wMt|s; chin white';
throat, front, and sides ’ -ofi-tj^, peck, white, streaked down-
‘^ a rd s with ’dusky lines ;**'hr&a^/and,all the under surface of
't|te body white ;^ d e s and axillary plume dusky, with narrow