PLATE CXLi. 



This fpecies of Sandpiper is about eight inclies and a haif iji 

 length. It inhabits the fea-coafts both oF Europe and America, and 

 has obtained the name of Turnftone from its peculiar method of 

 turning up the ftones on the fea-fliore by means of its bill, when in 

 fearch of the fmaller littoral worms and fifhes on which it feeds. 



In Britain thefe birds are local, andalmofl confined to the moft re- 

 mote and unfrequented fliores. It occurs at the extremity of the weflern 

 promontory about Penzance, on the northern fhores of Wales, and 

 in the Hebrides. They build only a flight neft, which is depohted 

 on the ground, and lay four eggs di an olive colour, fpotted with 

 black. Thefe birds are feen mofl commonly in flocks of three or 

 four together. 



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