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TRINGA PLATYRHYNCHA. FLAT-BILLED 

 SANDPIPER. 



Nunienius pygmoeus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II 713. 



Tringa platyrhyncha. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. II. 616 ; IY. 403. 



Tringa platyrhyncha. Broad-billed Sandpiper. Gould, Bird of Eur. pt. XVII. 



Broad-billed Sandpiper. Yarr. Brit. Birds, II. 638. 



Pelidna platp-hyncha. Bonap. Comp. List, 50. 



Bill half as long again as the head, straight, slightly de- 

 curved at the end, depressed at the base, tapering; tail with 

 the middle feathers considerably longer than the lateral, which 

 are nearly equal; tarsus an inch long; bill reddish at the 

 base, dusky; feet greenish-grey. In summer the upper part 

 of the head blackish-brown, with tiro narrow longitudinal 

 light red bands; the feathers of the upper parts black, nar- 

 rowly edged with red; fore part and sides of the neck and 

 breast reddish- white, spotted with brown; the rest of the lower 

 parts white ; lateral tail-coverts white, with a dusky spot. 



This species I have never seen alive, nor have I a skin 

 of it ; and specimens not being procurable while I write this 

 article, I am obliged to have recourse to the descriptions and 

 remarks of others. 



Adult in Summer. — According to M. Temminck, the 

 "head and occiput are of a blackish-brown colour, inter- 

 sected by two narrow light red longitudinal bands ; a band 

 over the eyes "white marked with brown clots ; the streak 

 between the bill and the eye of a blackish-brown ; sides of 

 the head whitish, streaked with brown ; nape grey, longi- 

 tudinally streaked with brown ; feathers of the back and 

 scapulars deep black, all narrowly bordered with light red ; 



