BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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Solitary Sanbptpcr, 



THE Solitary Sandpiper (Totanus solitarius, Wilson) is an 

 extremely rare abnormal autumn migrant to the British 

 Islands, and is found inhabiting North America. The 

 nearest ally to this sandpiper is Totanus ochropus, but it can 

 be at once distinguished from the latter by the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts, which are brown, sparingly spotted with 

 white. Length, about eight inches. 



