BRITISH BIRDS. 103 



THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



(Totonus ffypoleucoSj Temm. Chevalier guignette, 

 Temm.) 



THIS bird weighs about two ounces, and mea- 

 sures seven inches and a half in length. The bill 

 is about an inch long, black at the tip, fading 

 into pale brown towards the base. The head and 

 hinder part of the neck are brownish ash, 

 streaked downwards with dark narrow lines: the 

 throat is white, and a streak of the same colour 

 surrounds and is extended over each eye : the 

 cheeks and auriculars are streaked with brown: 

 the fore part of the neck to the breast is white, 

 mottled and streaked with spots and lines of 

 brown, pointing downwards : in some the breast 

 is plain white: belly and vent white. The ground 



