THE COMMON SANDPIPER 



plumage resemble the adult, but the feathers of the 

 upper parts are narrowly edged with buff and black. 

 The young in down are pale grey, mottled with black 

 on the upper parts. 



One or two other Sandpipers demand passing notice 

 here. The WOOD SANDPIPER (Totanus glareola) occurs 

 rarely on passage, Kingsbury Reservoir and Epping being 

 two localities. The REDSHANK (Totanus calidris) is 

 another straggler to London during migration. It has 

 been shot at Mitcham, frequently visits Kingsbury 

 Reservoir and Hampton, in Middlesex, and is more or 

 less regularly seen on the Essex saltings. The orange-red 

 bill and legs serve readily to identify this little runner 

 by the waterside. Lastly, we have the GREEN SANDPIPER 

 (Helodromas ochropus) which occurs on passage across 

 London chiefly in autumn, and so frequently in the Essex 

 portion as to have several local names " Will White " 

 and " Black Snipe." It possibly occurs most regularly 

 in Middlesex. It has a white rump and upper tail-coverts, 

 very conspicuous during flight, and the axillaries are 

 brown narrowly barred with white. This species is 

 specially interesting because it lays its eggs in the deserted 

 nest of a Thrush, Jay, Crow, or some other bird. 



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