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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Bonapartc'6 Sanbpipen 



'"v./ ^ ' Jou/v Z/u/VCA/V . 



Bonaparte's Sandpiper {Tringa fusicolHs, Vieillot) is a rare 

 straggling autumn migrant to the British Islands, and 

 inhabits the Northern Nearctic Region. The adult in 

 summer bears a close resemblance to the dunlin, but can 

 easily be distinguished from that bird at all stages, the 

 upper tail-coverts being white, with a few longitudinal 

 streaks of dusky. 



