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FAMILIAR Wilt) BIRDS. 



In spring' the plumage is even prettier, the feathers on 

 the ])ack boint;' all centred with black, and the front of the 

 neck spocdvk'd. 



'J'hcre is not much^ifference in the plumage of the male 

 and rcnudc, Init the latter are somewhat larger, and in the 

 summer lighter in colonr. 



The Sand(;rling is found in nearly all the Arctic regions, 

 and has been met with on the Black Sea, France, It-iily, Hol- 

 land, South Africa, Japan, and Sunda.J )( 



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