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quently met with, partly because they seldom 
form large flocks, and partly on account of their 
confining themselves, while searching for food, to 
the rocky parts of the coast. They appear with us 
about the middle of October, and remain until the 
end of spring. No instance of their breeding in 
this country has been recorded. They are common 
in summer in the northern parts of Europe and 
North America, where they breed, also in Iceland. 
The colour of their eggs is yellowish grey, mter- 
spersed with small irregular spots of pale brown 
at the larger end. 
SANDPIPEHR, SPOTTED. 
Toranus MacuLantius, Zemm. 
This species is abundant in many parts of North 
America, where it is migratory. Its habits, as 
detailed by the ornithologists of that country, are 
similar to those of our common Sandpiper, which 
it resembles very closely in form. Individuals 
have been shot on the continent of Europe, and a 
few are recorded to have been obtained in Eng- 
land. Like the common Sandpiper it is mostly 
seen while running nimbly along the margins of 
rivers, brooks, &c. When on the ground it is in 
constant motion, flirting the tail up and down, and 
almost as frequently stretching out and again with- 
