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SANDPIPER, COMMON. 
SuMMER SNIPE. 
ToTaANUS HYPOLEUCOS, Temm. 
This elegant little bird, which is of common 
occurrence in various countries, arrives in England 
about the middle of April, and in Scotland about 
the end of that month, and remains until its depar- 
ture in September. It frequents the sandy or 
gravelly shores of lakes, rivers, and brooks, &c., 
where it procures its food, and breeds. At breeding 
time it makes its nest in a slight hollow in the sand, 
or among pebbles. The eggs, of which there are 
alwaysfour, are enormously large, of a reddish white 
or cream colour, glossy and covered with small 
spots of a dark purplish brown and greyish purple. 
SANDPIPER, CURLEW. 
Piamy CurRLEw. 
TRINGA SUBARQUATA, Zemm. 
This species is very extensively distributed, being 
found in India, the Cape of Good Hope, in various 
parts of Europe, and in North America. Though 
not extremely uncommon on our coasts during 
