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THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Totaniis liypoleucus (L.). 



This species appears to have arrived along the whole o£ the 

 south coast. A single bird was recorded in Cheshire on the 

 2.5th o£ March, possibly one that had M'intered in the country. 



About the end o£ the first week in April Sandpipers began 

 to arrive, their numbers increasing during the latter half of 

 the month, by which time they had spread over the whole 

 country. Westmoreland was reached on the 11th, Cumber- 

 land on the 12th, the Clyde area on the 14th, and Northum-' 

 berland on the 16th. 



A second, but smaller, entry appears to have taken place 

 during the second and third weeks in May. 



Nests with eggs were found in Lancashire on the 12th of 

 May, in Radnor on the 15th, in Cumberland on the 23rd, 

 and in Merioneth on the 27th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



Cheshire. 

 Staffordshire. 

 Kent. 



Dorset, Shropshire, Leicester. 

 Carmarthen, Westmoreland. 

 Kent (increase). Devon, Cumberland. 

 Wilts, Radnor, Montgomery, Yorkshire. 

 Montgomery (increase). Surrey, Clyde. 

 Isle of Man. 



Cornwall, Essex, Merioneth, Northum- 

 berland. 

 Montgomery (decrease). Herts. 

 Somerset. 

 Cambridge. 

 Cumberland (slight increase). Brecon. 



March 



25th. 



April 



5th. 



55 



7th. 



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9th. 



5? 



11th. 



?5 



12th. 



5? 



13 th. 



?J 



14th. 



J5 



15th. 



?5 



16th. 



)? 



17th. 



5? 



18th. 



H 



19th. 





20 th. 



