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THE COMMON SANDPIPER, 



OR SUMMER SNIPE. 



Totanus hypoleucos. 



Tringa hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 90. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 101. 



Totanus FLEM. Brit. An. p. 104. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 81. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 199. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Chevalier guignette, TEMM.Man.d'Ornith.vol.ii.p.6o7. 



THE COMMON SANDPIPER is a summer visitor to this 

 country, appearing in April, leaving us again by the end 

 of September, and is very generally known by the name 

 of the Summer Snipe. Mr. Thompson sent me word 

 that this bird is also a regular summer visitor to Ireland. 

 It is common in Wales, not uncommon in Cornwall, and 



