GREEN SANDPIPER.
TOTANUS OCHROPUS (Lim.).
Tringa ocroplms (misprint), Linn. S. N. i. p. 250 ( 1 7 6 6 ) i
Totanus ochropus, Naum. viii. p. 59, xiii. p. 241 ; Macg. iv.
p. 342; Hewitson, ii. p. 334*; Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 457;
Dresser, viii. p. 135.
Chevalier cul-blanc, French; Grunfussiger Strandlaufer,
German; Lavandera grande, Andario, Spanish.
This bird is more or less common as an irregular
visitor to all parts of England and many of the eastern
counties of Scotland; whilst in Ireland generally it is
much less frequent, and very rare in the west of that
country. In Northamptonshire I have records of the
occurrence of the Green Sandpiper in every month of
the year except June, and am by no means certain of
the correctness of this exception. It is, however, never
abundant with us, and generally to be found singly or
in couples about certain muddy ponds during the period
of the autumnal migration. Once only I found six of
these birds together on the banks of the Nene; this was
late in the month of August, and no doubt was a family-
party on their travels. I may mention that in the