326 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



slightly decurved ; legs, feet, and claws, blackish. Length, 

 about seven inches. The adult female is a little larger in 

 size, and has a longer bill. 



Spottcb Sanbpipcn 



The Spotted Sandpiper {Totanus niacularius^ LinnLi^us) is 

 an exceptionally rare straggling spring and autumn migrant 

 to the British Isles, and inhabits the Nearctic Region. 

 This sandpiper greatly resembles the common sandpiper, 

 but the latter bird has the eighth and ninth secondaries 

 nearly white, whilst the spotted sandpiper has all the 

 secondaries broadly barred with ash-brown. 



Wood Sandpiper. 



The Wood Sandpiper {Toianus glareola, J. F. Gmelin) is a 

 rare visitor to the British Isles during migration, only one 

 instance being recorded of its having nested in the British 

 Islands. It is also found in most parts of the Palearctic 

 Region, and in autumn makes southward to Southern 

 Africa, also India and the Philippine Isles. The adult differs 

 from the green sandpiper in being smaller, having a shorter 

 bill and wings and longer legs; upper parts darker, more olive 

 and more mixed with white about the back; outermost tail- 

 feathers, white, barred or spotted with brown on outer webs; 

 axillaries, white, obscurely barred with brown; irides, light 

 brown ; bill, blackish ; legs and feet, pale dull olive. Length, 

 about seven inches. The female resembles male. (P. 327.) 



