THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Tr'mga Jiypoleucos. 

 Totanus 



ERY few of our summer visitors 

 are more widely known and 

 generally distributed than the 

 Common Sandpiper. It is 

 known as the " Summer Snipe" 

 (Spotted Sandpiper), Sand 

 Lark, and Sand Lavrock, and 

 is a very familiar object to 

 every one in the least degree 

 acquainted with our tidal rivers, 

 ditches, lakes, and large sheets 

 of water. It is a bird fre- 

 quently met with in many parts 

 of Europe, and is said to be well 

 known in Asia and the northern 

 and southern parts of Africa. 

 It appears in this country 

 about the middle of April, and 

 generally takes its departure in 

 September, or the beginning of 

 the following month. In some 

 seasons the birds leave us in 

 August. Their method of mi- 

 gration is nocturnal, and they 



