found in the County of Suffix. 2 $ 



All thefe birds agreeing exaftly in fize, fhapc, length and colour 

 of the bill and legs, particularly in having the toes entirely divided, 

 without any web between any of the joints; and, laftly, in the 

 fliafts of the quill feathers being white in all of them, induces me 

 to look upon them as different varieties of the fame fpecies : if fo, 

 this bird not only changes its place of refidence, but its drefs alio, 

 according to the different feafons of the year. 



No. 122. — The Dunlin. Tringa alpina. 



On the 31ft of May 1780 I faw this bird on the fea-fhore at 

 Bexhill : it fuffercd me to approach near enough to diftinguifh its 

 colours, efpecially the black mark on its bread, as figured In the 

 folio edition of the Bcitiih. Zoology. 



No. 123. — The fmall grey Sandpiper. Tringa arenaria. 



On the 31ft of December 1793 a bird w as brought to me which, 

 I have no doubt, is the Tringa arenaria of Linnxus : its fhape was 

 fhort and thick, very different from that of the Sanderling or Cur- 

 willet ; and it had alfo a perfect back toe with a claw, which that 

 bird is entirely deftitute of. I was informed that it was killed on 

 the fea-coaft near Rye, and that they were feen there in flocks in 

 the winter. 



No. 124. — The Golden Plover. Cbaradrius pluvialh. 



This fpecies is frequently killed on our fea-coaft in the winter ; 

 and, if my memory does not fail me, I have alfo fhot it in the fum- 

 mer. But the mod fingular circumftance relating to this bird is, 

 that it varies in one of its characteristic marks. Two birds of this 

 fpecies, from which I drew a figure and defcription, had no back 

 toe, as appears both from my figure and defcription : and indeed, 

 to the belt of my recollection, none that I ever faw had any back 

 Vol. IV. E toe. 



