sandpiper

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


About twenty species of thisfamiliar sea-bird exist. It belongs especially to the NorthernHemisphere, but it performs such extensive migrations that inthe northern winter it is dispersed all over the world.(`Century.') The species observed in Australia are – – Bartram's Sandpiper – – Tringa bartrami.

Common S. – – Actitis hypoleucos, Linn.

Great S. – – Tringa crassirostris, Temm. and Schleg.

Grey-rumped S. – – T. brevisses.

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