WOOD SANDPIPER 



LONG-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXVL FIGURE II. 



Totanus glareola, . . . GMELIN. 



Tringa glareola, . . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THE nest of this bird, which is extremely difficult to find, 

 owing to the nature of the ground where it is put, is 

 generally placed in a hollow, at but a little distance from 

 water, among heath, or plants of the bog-myrtle, rushes, or 

 grass. It is made of grass or other vegetable materials. 



The eggs, four in number, pointed in shape, and of a 

 pale greenish white, spotted and speckled, particularly at 

 the larger end, with dark reddish brown. The hen bird 

 incubates them, and her partner, watching by, rises up and 

 hovers about any intruder. 



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