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SCOLOPACID^E 
GRALLATORES. 
SCOLOPACID^E. 
WOOD SANDPIPER. 
Totanus Glareola. 
PLATE XC. FIG. I. 
For the following interesting particulars of a bird 
little known, together with a specimen of its egg, I am 
indebted to the assiduity of Mr. Ploy. 
“ This species is migratory, retiring in September, and 
making its appearance early in April, That it breeds 
rather early, 1 infer from having met with the young 
feathered and capable of flying a short distance on the 
11th of June. I regret that I did not discover the bird 
till late in the season. 
“ A great portion of Dutch Brabant, more particularly 
the southern and eastern parts, are covered by large 
tracts of heath, the soil of a light sandy nature. A 
great number of pea/t-bogs and shallow pools of water, 
are dispersed over this district. Most of the small streams 
are skirted by swampy ground, where the bog-myrtle 
grows in the greatest luxuriance, with stunted bushes 
of alder and willow. These situations are the favourite 
haunt of this Sandpiper during the breeding-season. 
While the hen bird is sitting, the male flies round in 
wide circles, and at a considerable elevation. The female 
sits close, and the nest is extremely difficult to find. 
“ If you approach the spot when they have young, and 
