280 BAY-BIRDS. 



red, the centre of each feather black, whicli color 

 occupies a large portion of the scapulars ; wmoj. 

 coverts and quills greyish-brown ; the bases and tip^ 

 of the secondaries and parts of the outer webs of 

 the middle primaries, white ; forehead, sides of tin- 

 head, and hind neck, pale reddish-grey, streaked 

 with dusky; fore neck and upper part of breasi 

 greyish-white, streaked with dusky; on the lower 

 part of the breast a large black ])atch ; abdomen 

 white; lower tail coverts white, marked with dusky ^ 

 tail light-brownish grey, streaked — the central lea- 

 thers darker. 



" Winter dress, U23per parts brownish-grey ; throat, 

 greyish-white ; fore part and sides of neck, sides ol 

 tlie head, and sides cf the body, pale brownish-grey, 

 faintly streaked with darker; rest of the lower parr> 

 white. Length, seven inches and a half; wing, four 

 and an eight))." — GiratuL 



Long-Legged Sandpiper 



Peep, Blind Snipe, Frost Snipe, Stilt. 

 Tririga Himantopus. 



This bird also is nameless: it is rare, although i 

 liave killed quite a number of them, and T believe it^ 

 numbers are increasing; it rarely consorts in flocks 

 of more than five or six, stools readily, and is often 

 mistaken for the yellow-legs. 



" Specific Character. — Bill about one-third longer 

 than the head, slightly arched ; lengtli of tarsi, one 

 inch and throe-eighths. Adult, with the upper p.irt- 



