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SANDPIPER, COMMON. 



SUMMER SNIPE. 



TOTAHUS HYPOLETJCOS, Temm. 



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This pretty little bird, which is of common 

 occurrence in various countries, arrives in England 

 about the middle of April, and in Scotland about 

 the end of that month, and remains until September. 

 It frequents the sandy or gravelly shores of lakes, 

 rivers, brooks, &c., where it procures its food, 

 and breeds. At breeding time it makes its nest in a 

 slight hollow in the sand, or among pebbles. The 

 eggs, of which there are always four, are enormously 

 large, of a reddish white or cream colour, glossy 

 and covered with small spots of a dark purplish 

 brown and greyish purple. 



SANDPIPER, CURLEW. 



PIGMY CURLEW. 

 TEINQA BUBA.EQUATA, Temm. 



This species is very extensively distributed, being 

 found in India, the Cape of Good Hope, in various 

 parts of Europe, and in North America. Though 

 not extremely uncommon on our coasts during 



