SPOTTED SANDPIPER 



PLATE CLXVII. FIGURE II. 



Tringa macularia, . . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 

 Totanus maculartus, . . . SELBY. JENYNS. 

 Tolanus macularia. . . . TEMMINCK. 



THIS American species is of exceedingly doubtful occur- 

 rence in the British Isles. 



The nest of the Spotted Sandpiper is placed in some 

 well-hidden spot in a field, and is composed of short pieces 

 of straw or other materials as may be furnished by the 

 locality, but in the colder climate of Labrador the nest is 

 concealed under rocks, and lined with the feathers of the 

 Eider Duck. 



The eggs are of a pale reddish-buff colour, spotted and 

 speckled with very dark brown blotches. They are four 

 in number. 



