Identifier: britainsbirdsthe00thom (find matches)
Title: Britain's birds and their nests
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Thomson, Arthur Landsborough, Sir, 1890- Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933 Rankin, George
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Nests
Publisher: London : W. & R. Chambers
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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larger ally of the Redshank, butwith green legs, as the name implies. It is otherwisevery similar in appearance and behaviour, and has similarnesting habit and eggs. Even the cry is of the sameOrder. To England and Wales and the south of Scot-land it is chiefly a migrational visitor; but in Irelandit is also a winter visitor; while in Scotland it breedssparingly, near inland waters, from Argyll and Moraynorthwards to the western but not the northern isles. THE WOOD SANDPIPER (Totanus glareola). The Wood Sandpiper, a bird somewhat closely resemblingthe next species as regards appearance, habits, eggs, &;c.,is a migrational visitor in small numbers, chiefly to theeast coast of England ; but there are a few more or lessauthentic records of its breeding within the British Isles. THE COMMON SANDPIPER (Totanus hypoleucus). Plate 21. Although the headquarters of the Waders as a wholelie to the north of the British Isles, we have in theCommon Sandpiper a species which is entirely a summer
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Plate 21. COMMON SANDPIPER—rr/A?//;/i- Jiypolcucus. Length, 8 in. ; wing, 4-25 in. (LiMicOL^.: Charadriidas.)H (J2 BRITAIN^S BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. 63 visitor. For this reason it is popularly termed the SummerSnipe in certain districts. Its stay with us, moreover, isa comparatively short one. It does not usually appearin any numbers till about the middle of April, and nottill early May in very late seasons. For a short timethe birds may be seen about the seashores and estuaries,but they rapidly disperse to their inland nesting-places.By the end of July they begin to seek the coast againwith their young, and there small flocks may for sometime be met with. As a rule, they keep apart fromother small Waders. During September most of themleave us altogether, but a few may be recorded later. The nesting-haunts of the Common Sandpiper are thebanks or islands of rivers and lakes. It is naturallyabsent, except on passage, from most of the south-east ofEngland, but becomes fairly common in t

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