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PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



SELMINGER SANDPIPER. BLACK SANDPIPER. 

 SEA SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXXVIII. FIG. II. 



Tringa maritima, . . . Pennant. 



Tringa Lincolniensis, . . Pennant. 



Tringa nigricans, . . . Montagu. 



Tringa striata, .... Fleming. 



The nest of this species is fitted in some hollow in 

 the ground with a little moss or other herbage for a 

 lining. It is built on mountains among small pools of 

 water, in the middle of a clump of grass. 



The eggs are four in number. They are of a pyri- 

 form shape, of a yellowish grey colour, with small 

 irregular spots of pale brown, crowded at the obtuse 

 end and rare at the other. They appear to be laid at 

 the end of June, or beginning of July. 



The figure on the plate is from a specimen forwarded 

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

 Oxford. 



