GREEN SANDPIPER. 



WHISTLING SANDPIPER. WOOD SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXVI. FIG. I. 



Tringa nchropus, . . . Pennant. Montagtt. 



Tringa Ahlrovandi, . . . E.AT. 



Totanus oc/troj)us, . . . Fleming. Selbt. 



The nest of this species is either in sand on a bank, 

 or among grass by the side of a stream. 



The eggs, four in number, are of a greenish white 

 ground colour, with dusky or dark brown and light 

 reddish brown and grey spots, more or less dark. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg forwarded 

 by J. E. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, 

 Oxford. 



