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winter, it is probably often confounded with the 

 Dunlin, from which in its summer plumage it is 

 easily distinguished, the breast being red in the one, 

 and black in the other. At all seasons, however, it 

 may be known by its white upper tail-coverts. It 

 arrives in the beginning of September, and departs 

 at the end of April for more northern countries, 

 where it breeds. The eggs are yellowish white, 

 spotted with dark brown. 



SANDPIPER, GREEN. 



TOTANUS OCHROPUS, Temm. 



This elegantly-formed bird appears to be most 

 plentiful in Britain in spring and autumn. A few 

 remain here to breed ; but though a considerable 

 number are met with in the winter months, 

 the greater part go for a time to the north of 

 Europe. Solitary in its habits, it frequents pools 

 and small streams, and when disturbed emits a 

 shrill whistling cry. It runs and flies with rapi- 

 dity, and when o*n the wing presents a singular 

 appearance, on account of the pure white patch on 

 its rump. Its food consists of worms and insects. 

 The nest is placed among grass on the bank of a 

 stream, and the eggs, of which there are four, are of 

 a greyish white, with dusky spots. 



