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SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXVII. PIG. II. 



Tringa macula r in, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Totanus macularius, SELBT. JENTNS. 



Totanus macularia, TEMMINCK. 



THE nest of the Spotted Sandpiper is placed in some well-hidden 

 spot in a field, and is composed of short pieces of dry straw, or other 

 such materials as furnished by the locality. 



The eggs are of a pale reddish white colour, spotted and speckled 

 with grey and brown of a darker and lighter shade. They are four 

 in number. The young, as soon as hatched, run about with wonderful 

 speed. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg forwarded by J. E. De 

 Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



