BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Solitary San&piper. 







The Solitary Sandpiper {^lotaiuis solitarius, Wilson) is an 

 extremely rare abnormal autumn migrant to the British 

 Islands, and is found inhabiting North America. The 

 nearest ally to this sandpiper is Totanus ochropus^ but it can 

 be at once distinguished from the latter by the rumi) and 

 upper tail-coverts, which are brown, sparingly spotted with 

 white. Length, about eight inches. 



