THE DUNLIN. 455 



SCHINZ'S SAI^DPIPER. 



TRINGA SCHINZII. 



Bill straight, nearly black, very much shorter than the head ; upper plumage 

 ash-brown streaked with black and rust-red ; upper tail-coverts white ; outer 

 tail-feathers ash-brown; breast greyish white, speckled with dusky; under 

 plumage white ; feet black, tinged with green. 



A VERY rare species, of which two or three specimens 

 only have been killed in Great Britain. In :N"orth America 

 it is more frequent, and its habits are said to resemble 

 those of the Dunlin. 



THE PECTOEAL SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA PECTORALIS. 



Bill straight, shorter than the head, compressed and reddish yellow at the base ; 

 upper plumage black and rust-red ; upper tail-coverts black ; breast greyish 

 white, streaked with dusky ; under plumage white ; feet greenish yellow. 

 Length ten inches. Eggs unknown. 



This also is an American species, of which three or four 

 specimens only have been shot in Great Britain. Its 

 habits appear to be very similar to those of the other Sand- 

 pipers. Its nest and eggs are unknown. 



THE DUNLIN. 



TRINGA VARIABILIS. 



Bill a little longer than the head, slightly bent down at the tip ; two middle 

 tail-feathers the longest, dusky and pointed ; a small part of the tibia naked. 

 Winter— JhToat and a streak between the bill and eye white ; upper plumage 

 ash-brown streaked with dusky ; upper tail-coverts dusky ; lateral tail-feathers 

 ash, edged with white ; breast greyish white, mottled with brown ; bill black ; 

 feet dusky, ^wmmer— Most of the upper plumage black, edged with rust-red ; 

 belly and abdomen black. Young birds have the upper plumage variously 

 mottled with ash-brown, dusky, and reddish yellow ; the bill is shorter and 

 straight. Length eight inches. Eggs greenish white, blotched and spotted 

 with brown. 



The name variabilis, changeable, has been applied to this 

 species of Sandpiper on account of the great difference 

 between its summer and winter plumage. It was for- 

 merly, indeed, supposed, that the two states of the bird 



