240 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



with dirty white patches on nearly all the inner 

 webs, the secondaries tipped with white. Tail-quills 

 greenish-brown in the centre, barred with greenish- 

 black, the outer webs of the two outside feathers 

 on either side white, barred with greenish-black. 

 Chin, throat, breast, belly, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts white ; sides of the neck and upper portion 

 of the breast duller, and streaked with dark brown 

 or dull black. Legs and toes pale bluish-green ; 

 claws dark brown. 



The female resembles the male. 



Situation and Locality. On the ground ; in a 

 hole in a bank, under the shelter of a tuft of grass, 

 in a tuft of rushes ; sometimes in a slight declivity 

 on the bare ground, or in a patch of grass amongst 

 large stones on a little river island ; on the banks 

 of rivers, mountain streams with rough, gravelly, 

 and rocky banks, lakes, tarns, and reservoirs, in the 

 extreme South-west of England (Cornwall, Devon, 

 and Somerset), Wales, Derbyshire, the six northern 

 counties Scotland, and its surrounding islands, 

 and Ireland. Our illustration was procured in 

 Mull. 



Materials. Short pieces of dead rushes, some- 

 times dead leaves, with an inner lining of fine dry 

 grass. 



Eggs. Four, pale straw to creamy-yellow in 

 ground colour, with dark brown spots and blotches 

 on the surface, and underlying markings of light 

 brown and grey. Size about 1*5 by T08 in. 



Time. May and June. 



Remarks. Migratory, arriving in April, and 

 departing in September, although individuals may 

 be seen later. Notes : ivheet, wheet, ivheet. Local 

 and other names : Summer Snipe, Sand Lark, Willy 

 Wicket, Sand Lavrock, Spotted Sandpiper. Sitting 





