26 COMMON SANDPIPER. 



COMMON SANDPIPER. 



SUMMER SNIPE. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. SAND LARK. 

 SAND LAVROCK. 



PLATE CLXVII. FIGURE I. 



Tringa hypohucos, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Totanus hypohucos, FLEMING. SELBY. 



"TVTIDIFICATION commences about the middle of 

 -> April. 



The nest is slight a collection of a few leaves, 

 a little moss, or dry grass, in a hollow in a bank, in 

 a tuft of grass, or tussock of rushes, upon a bed of 

 gravel, or even on a bare rock, the eggs being kept 

 together by only a very slight inequality in the surface. 

 It is generally thus sheltered or protected, on one side 

 at least. It is usually built near the water's edge, 

 but sometimes in an adjoining field, always above the 

 highest water-mark. It is well hidden in a tuft of 

 grass or rushes, or among the lower branches of 

 willows and osiers, so as to be difficult to find. The 

 same pair, if undisturbed, will return for several suc- 

 cessive seasons to their accustomed building-place. 



The eggs, four in number, are of a reddish white 

 or cream-yellow tint, spotted and speckled with dark 

 brown, and other marks of a lighter hue. Some are 



