BAY-BIKDS. 285 



Ox-Eye. 



Trinja Semijpalmata, Wils. 



"^ iipecijic Character. — Bill rather stout, broad 

 towards tlio point ; along the gap about one iiicli ; 

 length of tarsi seven-eigliths of an inch; bill and 

 legs black ; toes half webbed. Adult with the bill 

 Slender, about the length of the head — dark-green, 

 nearly approaching to black ; head, sides, and hind- 

 pan of neck ash-grey, streaked with dusky ; upper 

 parts blackish-brown, the feathers edged with 

 greyish- white ; secondary coverts tipped with white; 

 primary coverts brownish-black, as are the feathers 

 nu the rump; upper tail-coverts the same; wing- 

 quiUs dusky, their shafts white ; tail-feathers ash- 

 l^rey, the inner webs of the middle pair much darker ; 

 over the eye a white line ; lower parts white ; legs 

 black. Length six inches and a half, wing four." — 

 G-iraud. 



This and the following variety are generally cou- 

 tbunded by bay-men ; and being too small to 

 demand much consideration, and never shot un- 

 less huddled together, so that a large number 

 may be bagged, they are called promiscuously by the 

 odd name ox-eye. They are fat, and almost as good 

 eating when in prime ordei* as the reed-bird. 



Ox-Eye. 



Wilson's Sandpiper. 

 Tringd Pitsilla, Wils. 



*"* Specific Character. — Bill along the gap three- 



