ONTARIO 



THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Tringa hupoleucos. 

 Tot anus „ 



ERY fe\v^of our summer visitors 

 are more widejy known and 

 generally distributed than the 

 Common Sandpiper. It is 

 kno^n as the '^ Summer Snipe'-' 

 (Spotted Sandpiper) , Sand 

 Lark, and Sand Lavrock, and 

 is a very familiar object to 

 every one in the least degree 

 acquainted with our tidal rivers, 

 ditches, lakes, and large sheets 

 o£ water. It is a bird fre- 

 quently met with in many parts 

 of Europe, and is said to be well 

 known in Asia and the northern 

 and southern parts of Africa. 

 It appears in this country 

 about the middle of April, and 

 generally takes its departure in 

 September, or the beginning of 

 the following month. In some 

 seasons the birds leave us in 

 August. Their method of mi- 

 gration is nocturnal, and they 



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