YELLOW-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 313 



GREEN SANDPIPER. 



TOTANUS OCHROPUS. 

 Genus Totanus. 

 A spring and autumn visitor to our coasts. There 

 seems a probability that it has bred in the country, but 

 its eggs are not known to have been taken. Seebohm 

 says : " So far as is known, it is the only Sandpiper which 

 does not lay its eggs on the ground, in a hollow, more or 

 less slightly lined with dead grass or lichen. The Green 

 Sandpiper lays its eggs in a tree, but it is not known 

 that it ever builds a nest. Sometimes its eggs are 

 placed in the fork of a tree-trunk, on the leaves, or 

 lichens and moss, which may have accumulated there ; 

 more often the old nest of a Song Thrush or Missel 

 Thrush is chosen." 



WOOD SANDPIPER. 



TOTANUS GLAREOLA. 

 Genus Totanus. 



An occasional visitor, not of common occurrence. 

 It has been known to breed in England. The nest is 

 the ordinary hollow in the ground lined with a few 

 stalks. The eggs are creamy white, buff, or olive in 

 ground colour, spotted and blotched with rich reddish 

 brown. 



YELLOW-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES. 



Genus Totanus. 



Yellowshank — Yellow-legs, 



Has occurred some two or three times in the British 

 Isles. 



