SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 27 



of a clear very light blue ground colour, with minute 

 brown spots all over; others with blots of deep brown. 

 They are, as those of other waders, admirably adapted, 

 both by their form and their position in the nest, to 

 occupy the smallest possible degree of space, as ren- 

 dered expedient by their large size in proportion to 

 that of the bird. The young are hatched in about 

 fourteen days, and leave the nest almost immediately. 

 They quickly learn to hide themselves in the nearest 

 covert, and in about a month are able to shift for 

 themselves. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXVII. FIGURE II. 



Tringa macularia, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



To/anus macularius, SELBY. JENYNS. 



Totanus macularia, TEMMINCK. 



rriHE 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 may be 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. R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



