COMMON SANDPIPER. 589 



GRALLATORES. SCOLOPACIDM. 



THE COMMON SANDPIPER, 



OB SUMMER SNIPE. 



Tringa hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper, Penn. Brit. Zool.vol. ii. p. 90. 



„ ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 101. 



Totanus, „ ,, „ Flem. Brit. An. p. 104. 



,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 81. 



„ „ ,, Jen YNS, Brit. Vert. p. 199. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



,, Chevalier guignette, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 657. 



The Common Sandpiper is a summer visiter to this 

 country, appearing in April, leaving us again by the end of 

 September, and is very generally known by the name of the 

 Summer Snipe. Mr. Thompson sends me word that this 

 bird is also a regular summer visitant to Ireland. It is com- 

 mon in Wales, not uncommon in Cornwall, and is found in 



