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grassy borders of the smaller pools and lakes in 
morasses. The nest, like that of the Snipe, is 
built in a thick tuft of grass, and contains four or 
five eggs, generally mottled with chocolate colour 
over the whole surface. 
SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED. 
TRINGA RUFESCENS, Selby. 
This species is said not to be uncommon on the 
eastern coast of North America. It was first 
discovered by Veillot in the district then known 
as the Territory of Louisiana. It is probable 
that after coursing along the shores of the Missis- 
sippi, and thus penetrating inland, it proceeded to 
its northern destination, in the vicinity of the sea- 
coast to breed. It has been obtained in a few 
instances in England. This species is often here 
associated with the Pectoral Sandpiper, which it 
resembles very much in size and bill, though per- 
fectly distinct from it in plumage. Indeed it is 
readily distinguished from all other birds of this 
genus by the peculiar markings of the under sur- 
face of the wings. The food of the Buff-breasted 
Sandpiper consists of land and marine insects. 
principally grasshoppers. 
