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drawing the head and neck. The eggs are pale 

 reddish white, spotted and speckled with grey and 

 two shades of reddish brown. 



SANDPIPER, WOOD. 



TOTANTJS GLAREOLA, 



The Wood Sandpiper is described by orni- 

 thologists as pretty common in the southern and 

 eastern parts of Europe, and it has been discovered 

 occasionally in Sweden, inhabiting swampy woods 

 during summer, and breeding as far north as the 

 Arctic circle, both in Norway and Lapland. It 

 has been found also in India and at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. It occurs annually on the southern 

 and eastern coasts of England, in the course of its 

 autumnal and spring migrations. It is not unfre- 

 quently seen to perch on the upper twigs of a 

 bush, a habit which appears to be peculiar also to 

 the Eedshank and some others of the same genus. 

 The nest is generally placed at a short distance 

 from the water, among stunted scrubby plants or 

 coarse grass and rushes. The eggs, four in number, 

 are pointed in shape, and of a pale greenish white, 

 spotted and speckled, particularly over the broad 

 end, with dark reddish brown. The food of the 

 Wood Sandpiper consists of worms and insects. 



