66 BRITISH BIRDS 
barred black. Young birds resemble the adults in winter 
plumage, but have a buff tinge. The rarer and smaller 
curlew-sandpiper (8 in.), which has also bay on the head and 
under-parts in summer, may always be distinguished by the 
slightly down-curved beak, See also godwit (No, 136). 
132. Sanderling ([Caledris leucophea (Pallas); Calidris 
arenarta (Linnezeus)|. Plentiful on our shores in the autumn, 
but most pass south to winter. 
Bird. Length 8 in. See No. 129. Distinguished by the 
absence of the hind toe. In spring or breeding plumage it has 
the upper-parts with the head, neck, and forebreast mostly 
rufous streaked black. Lower breast and belly white. After 
the autumn moult the upper-parts are mostly ash-grey with 
darker striations, the neck and under-parts white. Some 
individuals seem almost wholly white. The immature birds, 
which are very numerous, may be distinguished by the much 
darker upper-parts, the mantle being chiefly mottled black 
and white, with some buff on the wing-coverts and neck. 
133. Common-sandpiper [Zringa hypoleuwca Linneus; 
Totanus hypoleucus (Linneus)|. Summer visitor to inland 
lakes and rivers, chiefly in hilly districts. Rare in the 8.E. 
counties. Bird of passage. 
Bird. Length 8 in. Recognised in breeding plumage by 
the bronze-brown upper-parts, minutely 
flecked, barred, and striated with umber- 
brown, and the white under-parts with 
dusky streaks on the neck and forebreast. 
A white bar on the extended wing. Tail 
white at end and sides. Legs yellowish. 
After the autumn moult the umber- 
brown markings almost disappear, leaving — 
the upper-parts a more uniform colour. 
Nest. Usually on the ground — : 
shingle or herbage near a stream or lake-side. Lined with — 
dry grasses or other material. 
Eggs. Usually 4. Pear-shaped. Buff spotted with brown, — 
and underlying ash-grey. Av. size, 144x101 in. Laying” 
begins in May. One brood. 
134. Green-sandpiper [Tringa ocrophus Linneeus; Totanus” 
ocrophus (Linnzeus)|. Winter visitor and bird of passage. 
Scarce on W. and N. coasts of Scotland, and in Ireland. Not 
proved to breed in British Isles. 
Bird. Length 94 in. Distinguished from the preceding by 
the greenish upper-parts, mostly marked with small whitish 
spots (buff in the young), by the white upper tail-coverts, and 
the dusky under-surface of the wing. Under-parts white “a 
