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bordered or dotted on the edge with whitish; the rump white, 

 and the tail striped with brown and white, two characters which 

 exist more or less in all the species of Europej feet of a reddish 

 brown. In winter the belly and breast become white, when it 

 is almost ash coloured above, with red feet. It is then the 

 Grand Chevalier apieds roges, Scol. calidris, L. Enl. 876.(1) 



Tringa gambetta, Gm. Gambette; Enl. 845j Frisch, 240, 

 Naum. 9, f. 9. In summer, brown above, with black spots, and 

 some few white ones, on the edges of the feathers; white be- 

 neath with brown spots, particularly on the breast and neckj 

 red feetj numerous brown and white stripes on the tail. In win- 

 ter its spots are nearly effaced, and the mantle is of an almost 

 uniform greyj in this state it is the fig., Enl. 827. Its size is a 

 third less. 



Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst. ; Chevalier d longs pieds, Bonelli. 

 Something smaller than the preceding, but has longer and more 

 slender legs: in summer its back is brown, with irregular black 

 spots; its belly white, and brown spots mark the neck and 

 breast. In winter the mantle becomes of a uniform grey, and 

 the under part of the body white. The stripes on the tail are 

 irregular and parallel to its edges, 



Tringa ochropiis^ L.j Le Becasseau; Enl. 843. A bronze-black 

 above, the edges of the feathers dotted with whitish; white be- 

 neath, spotted with grey on the forepart of the neck and on the 

 sides; only three black bands on the lower half of the tail; feet, 

 greenish; still smaller than either of the two preceding ones. 

 It is much esteemed as game, and is common along the banks 

 of rivulets in Europe, although it is rather a solitary bird. 



Tringa glareola, Gm.; Becasseau des bois, chiefly differs from 

 the preceding in having from seven to eight blackish s'ripes 

 along the whole length of the tail. The pale spots on its back 

 are broader. The spots on the neck and breast almost totally 

 disappear in winter. 



Tot. macularius, Wils. VII, lix, 1, 2.''(2) Tringa hypoleucos, 

 L.; La guignette^ Enl. 850. The smallest of the European spe- 

 cies, being about as large as a Pelidna (TV. alpina, Gm.); 

 a bronzed greenish-brown, with transverse, fawn coloured 

 and black marks on the wings; beneath and in front, white; 

 rump, and the middle quills of the tail, colour of the back, the 

 lateral ones only being striped with black and white as in the 



(1) Under the wrong name of Barge grise. 



(2) This mark of doubt may be removed: it is no< the Tot, macularius, Wils. 

 Am. Ed. 



