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winter, it is probably often confounded with the 
Dunlin, from which in its summer plumage it is 
easily distinguished, the breast being red in the one, 
and black in the other. At all seasons, however, it 
may be known by its white upper tail-coverts. It 
arrives in the beginning of September, and departs 
at the end of April for more northern countries, 
where it breeds. The eggs are yellowish white, 
spotted with dark brown. 
SANDPIPER, GREEN. 
To@ranus ocHropus, Yemm. 
This elegantly-formed bird appears to be most 
plentiful in Brita in spring and autumn. A few 
remain here to breed; but though a considerable 
number are met with in the winter months, 
the greater part go for a time to the north of 
Europe. Solitary in its habits, it frequents pools 
and small streams, and when disturbed emits a 
shrill whistling ery. It runs and flies with rapi- 
dity, and when on the wing presents a singular 
appearance, on account of the pure white patch on 
its rump. Its food consists of worms and insects. 
The nest is placed among grass on the bank of a 
stream, and the eggs, of which there are four, are of 
a greyish white, with dusky spots. 
