124 BRITISH BIRDS, THEIR EGGS AND NESTS. 
ground-colour, spotted with different shades of brown, light and 
dark, and with gray. 
194. WOOD SAND-PIPER—(Totanus glareolz). 
- This Sand-Piper resembles the last in some degree, and the 
two have been sometimes looked upon as varieties of the same 
species. It is not by any means a frequently occurring visitor, 
though it seems to be admitted that it is more than probable it 
sometimes breeds in this country. Mr. Hoy’s account of its 
habits and nesting peculiarities, as observed by himself in Dutch 
Brabant, is quoted at length by both Mr. Yarrell and Mr. Hew- 
itson. He says, “ The nest is generally placed at a short distance 
from the water, among stunted heath, or scrubby plants of the 
Bog Myrtle, or among coarse grass and rushes. It is placed in 
a hollow, and formed of dry grass and other plants. The eggs 
are four in number.” “They are poimted in shape, of a pale 
greenish white, spotted and speckled, particularly over the broad 
end, with dark reddish brown.” 
195. COMMON SAND-PIPER—(TZotanus hypoleuca). 
Summer Snipe, Willy Wicket, Sand Lark—A pretty little 
bird enough, and seeming to be pretty extensively diffused, 
though not a numerous species any where. It iscommonly see 
running briskly along by the water edge of streams or lakes, or 
perhaps flitting along as disturbed by your sudden invasion of its 
haunt. Unlike the Dipper, which may constantly be seen sitting 
quite still near the edge of the stream, the Summer Snipe is 
always in motion. It makes a very rude nest of dry grass in 
some hole in a bank not far from water, where the shelter and 
concealment of sufficient herbage is available, and lays in it four 
eges, which vary often in colour and spots but are usually of a 
yellowish-white, with blotches and spots of deep brown or 
ordinary brown. The eggs are sometimes laid on the bare 
