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this species of Sandpiper in Australia. It is evi- 
dently a great wanderer, for its true habitat is in 
the northern portions of America, Canada, the 
United States, and Mexico. Unlike most of their 
tribe these birds appear to prefer running about 
among the grass, feeding on beetles, and other 
winged insects, seeds, &c., but are never met with on 
the sea-shore. Their nest is a hollow scooped out 
in the earth and loosely lined with grass. The eggs 
are of a dull greyish yellow ground colour, with 
numerous spots of light purple and reddish brown. 
SANDPIPER, BROADBILLED. 
FLATBILLED SANDPIPER. 
TRINGA PLATYRHYNCHUS, T'emm. 
This bird is rather inferior in size to the Dunlin, 
from which it may always be distinguished by the 
peculiar flatness and breadth of the bill, as well 
as by considerable difference in its plumage. It is 
probably from its similarity to one or two closely 
allied species that it often passes unnoticed. A 
few specimens have been obtained in England, and 
it is found in Italy, Germany, France, Scandinavia, 
and India, though rarely in the last named country. 
During the breeding season it is not uncommon in 
Norway and Lapland. It is similar in its habits 
to the other species of the genus, feeding on the 
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