Mr. Yarrell's Description of a Species ofTringa. Ill 



with buiF; abdomen, flanks and under tail-coverts white, 

 but pervaded also with the buff" colour of the higher parts ; 

 the sides of the neck spotted, from the dark centres of the 

 feathers occupying a larger surface than upon the front ; 

 the anterior portion of the under surface of the wing rufous 

 brown; the outer portion spotted, the under wing-coverts 

 pure white. The shafts of the primaries on their under 

 surface pearl white, the outer web dusky, the inner web 

 also dusky, and plain on the part nearest the shaft, the other 

 inner half of the web beautifully mottled with dark specks ; 

 the secondary wing-feathers also mottled at their bases, and 

 ending in sabre-shaped points, presenting a regular series 

 of lines formed by alternating shades of white, black, and 

 dusky bands, which in the adult bird are well defined, and 

 present a beautifully variegated appearance, peculiar to 

 this species. The legs are bare for half an inch above the 

 joint ; the tarsus one inch and one quarter in length ; the 

 middle toe l^ths of an inch ; the whole of these parts brown ; 

 the nails black : the whole length of the bird eight inches. 



A single specimen of this Sandpiper deposited in the Paris 

 Museum appears to have served for the descriptions contained 

 in the works already referred to ; and this example is probably 

 an adult bird in summer plumage. 



Wilson's excellent work on the Birds of America does not 

 contain this Tringa, nor is it included in the Continuation, on 

 the same judicious and valuable plan, by the Prince of Musig- 

 nano ; neither have I been able to find a notice of this species 

 in any other ornithological work, except those before quoted. 

 It is readily distinguished from all the other birds of this genus 

 by the peculiar markings of the under surface of the Avings. 

 The value of this acquisition to our Fauna is still further en- 

 hanced 



