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instead of having the inner secondaries for the most part 

 white," as they are in the Common Sandpiper. 



BEAK. Upper segment, greenish ; lower segment, dull 

 yellow. 



FEET. Yellowish-pink. 



IRIDES. Hazel. 



EGGS. Light yellowish-brown, with dark brown and 

 greyish blotches : clutch, four. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 7 in. 



WING 4'2 ,, 



BEAK 1 ,, 



TARSO-METATARSUS ... ... 0'75 ,, 



EGG 1-3 x 0-95 in. 



WOOD-SANDPIPER. Totanus glareola (J. F. Gmelin). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, 'Birds of Great Britain,' vol. iv, 

 pi. 57; Dresser, 'Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pi. 565; 

 Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. v, pi. 47. 



The distribution of the Wood- Sandpiper in our Isles is 

 chiefly along the east and south coast of England, where 

 single individuals or small parties annually migrate in 

 autumn, and more sparingly in spring. It has also been 

 observed about inland marshy districts, but is seldom met 

 with along the west side of England or in Wales. In spring, 

 this Sandpiper has reached the shores of Cornwall as early 

 as April loth. 



In Scotland, it has visited Mid- and East Lothian, 

 Aberdeenshire, as well as the west side, in the vicinity of the 

 Clyde and Loch Lomond (Saunders). 



In Ireland, it is very rare, having occurred only on a few 

 occasions as an autumn-migrant. The first record is that 

 of a bird shot on Calary Bog, co. Wicklow, by Mr. Smith 

 Cregan, on August 23rd, 1885, and presented to the Dublin 

 Museum by the Kev. Dr. Benson (Ussher, ' Birds of Ire- 

 land,' p. 296). On August 1st, 1896, Dr. E. Blake Knox 

 noticed three on the same bog, one of which he procured 

 (fig. 45, p. 333): two days later (August 3rd), he shot a 



