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drawing the head and neck. The eggs are pale 
reddish white, spotted and speckled with grey and 
two shades of reddish brown. 
SND PT PER WO 0D. 
ToOTANUS GLAREOLA, Temm. 
The Wood Sandpiper is described by orni- 
thologists as pretty common in the southern and 
eastern parts of Europe, and it has been discovered 
occasionally in Sweden, inhabiting swampy woods 
during summer, and breeding as far north as the 
Arctic circle, both in Norway and Lapland. It 
has been found also in India and at the Cape of 
Good Hope. It occurs annually on the southern 
and eastern coasts of England, in the course of its 
autumnal and spring migrations. It is not unfre- 
quently seen to perch on the upper twigs of a 
bush, a habit which appears to be peculiar also to 
the Redshank and some others of the same genus. 
The nest is generally placed at a short distance 
from the water, among stunted scrubby plants or 
coarse grass andrushes. The eggs, four in number, 
are pointed in shape, and of a pale greenish white, 
spotted and speckled, particularly over the broad 
end, with dark reddish brown. The food of the 
Wood Sandpiper consists of worms and insects. 
