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THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Totanus hypoleucus (L.). 



The first records of this species were from Yorkshire on the 

 17th of March and from Denbigh and Staffordshire on 

 the 21st of March. With the exception of a single bird 

 observed in Surrey on April the 8th, no additional records 

 were received until the second half of April, when more 

 scattered occurrences began to be recorded, though these 

 were mainly in the northern, north-western and western 

 counties. 



Between April the 22nd and the 25th birds were recorded 

 in some numbers from the southern counties as well as from 

 the north and west. Thus, on April the 22nd records were 

 sent from Kent, Bedford and Cambridge ; and on April the 

 23rd from Cornwall, Devon, Glamorgan and Herts ; while on 

 April the 24th some were heard passing the Eddystone light- 

 house in the early morning. 



The birds from the south-western and western counties 

 increased rapidly in numbers during the following days, but 

 very few were recorded from the south-eastern and eastern 

 counties until the end of April and the beginning of 

 May. 



The earliest nests were found in Staifordshire and Ljiu- 

 cashire on May the .3rd. 



Laro"e numbers were observed in the Isle of Man on Mar 

 the 5th, but these decreased during the following days. 



Birds of this species were heard passing the Eddysiono 

 light on May the 15ch and again on the 23rd. 



In studying the distribution of this species iu |]ugland and 



