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quentlj met with, partly because they seldom 

 form large flocks, and partly on account of their 

 confining themselves, while searching for food, to 

 the rocky parts of the coast. They appear with us 

 about the middle of October, and remain until the 

 end of spring. No instance of their ' breeding in 

 this country has been recorded. They are common 

 in summer in the northern parts of Europe and 

 North America, where they breed, also in Iceland. 

 The colour of their eggs is yellowish grey, inter- 

 spersed with small irregular spots of pale brown 

 at the larger end. 



SANDPIPER, SPOTTED. 



TOTANUS MACULARIUS, Temm. 



This species is abundant in many parts of North 

 America, where it is migratory. Its habits, as 

 detailed by the ornithologists of that country, are 

 similar to those of our common Sandpiper, which 

 it resembles very closely in form. Individuals 

 have been shot on the continent of Europe, and a 

 few are recorded to have been obtained in Eng- 

 land. Like the common Sandpiper it is mostly 

 seen while running nimbly along the margins of 

 rivers, brooks, &c. When on. the ground it is in 

 constant motion, flirting the tail up and down, and 

 almost as frequently stretching out and again with- 





