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PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



SANDPIPER. BLACK SANDPIPER. SEA SANDPIPER. 



Tringa miritima, PENNANT. 



" Lincolniensis, PENNANT. 



" nigrirans, MONTAGU. 



" sirlata, FLEMING. 



Tringa ? Maritima Maritime belonging to the sea. 



THIS very distinct species is sufficiently common throughout 

 Europe, from the shores of the Mediterranean, Italy, 'Swit- 

 zerland, and France, to Holland, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, 

 Spitzbergen, and the Faroe Islands. It occurs in the like 

 latitudes in North America. 



Many are found on the coasts of England, Scotland, and 

 Wales, and some visit Ireland. In Orkney they are very 

 numerous, as also in Shetland. 



They breed in Iceland, and other northern lands. A few- 

 remain for the purpose in this country. The nest has been 

 found in Scotland, #nd young birds, scarcely able to fly, 

 were met with by Mr. Selby, on one of the Fern Islands, 

 off the coast of Northumberland. 



In England, the species occurs, or has occurred, in Durham, 

 Yorkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk near Ipswich, Essex, Kent, Sussex, 

 Devonshire, and Dorsetshire. Also in Cornwall, but not 

 commonly, near Gwyllyn Vase, one shot by Mr. Pascoe, 

 November 22nd., 1846; one at Swanpool, shot by T. Pas- 

 singham, Esq., 1848; one by Mr. Gr. Copeland, at Pendennis 

 Castle. 



I once shot one myself, several years ago, among the rocks 

 at low-water, off the end of the 'Cobb,' the local name of 

 the pier, Lyme Regis. It was, 'ni fallor,' in the autumn. It 



