68. PEIJDNA. 605 



Tringa torquata, Deijl. Om. Eur. ii. p. 230 (184!): ex Brian.). 



Pelidna torquata, Doderl. Avif. ISicil. p, 190 (1*0!)). 



Schceniclua schinzii, Heine if liekhen. Nomencl. Mm. Hein. p. 320 



(1890: Pomerania). 

 Pelidna schinzii, Sharpe, Handb. Brit. B. iii. p. 330 (1896). 



Adult in winter plumage. General colour above ashy brown, with 

 slightly indicated dusky centres to a few of the feathers, especially 

 distinct on the wing-coverts, the greater series tipped with wbite, 

 so as to form a wing-band; primary-coverts and quills dark brown, 

 narrowly fringed with whitish and having wbite shafts; secondaries 

 for the most part white, with a longitudinal dusky mark towards 

 the end of the outer web ; rump and upper tail-coverts brown like 

 the back, tbe sides of the rump and the lateral tail-coverts pure 

 white ; centre tail-feathers also dark brown, the remainder light 

 ashy brown, fringed with wbite at the ends and with white shafts ; 

 head like the back, with tiny dark centres to the feathers ; lores 

 dusky brown, surmounted by an indistinct whitish eyebrow ; sides 

 of face and ear-coverts light brown, with darker shaft-streaks ; 

 cheeks, throat, and under surface of body pure white, the lower 

 throat and chest light ashy, with darker centres to the feathers, 

 more distinct on the sides of the chest. 



Adult male in summer plumage. General colour above bright 

 sandy rufous, mottled with black centres to the feathers; the 

 markings longitudinal on the head and neck, broader on the latter ; 

 on many of the feathers of the back and scapulars are remains of 

 whitish edgings ; rump dusky brown, with black centres to the 

 feathers ; upper tail-coverts black, with sandy-rufous edgings, the 

 lateral ones white ; wing-coverts brown, with darker brown centres 

 to the feathers ; the greater coverts edged with white at the tips ; 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark brown, the latter with 

 white tips ; quills dusky brown, with whitish shafts; the secondaries 

 white at base of the inner web, and also fringed with white at the 

 ends ; tail-feathers light brown, with white shafts and narrow 

 white fringes ; lores and a faint eyebrow dull whitish, with tiny 

 streaks of black ; remainder of sides of face sandy rufous, also lined 

 with small streaks of blackish ; the cheeks aud throat whiter, but 

 similarly lined ; the lower throat tinged with sandy buff; fore-neck 

 and chest wbite, with mesial streaks of black to all the feathers ; 

 remainder of under surface pure white, with a large horseshoe mark 

 of black on the breast ; the lower Hanks and under tail-coverts 

 lined with blackish ; under wiug-covcrts and axillaries pure white, 

 the primary-coverts light ashy, like the lower surface of the quills : 

 bill, legs, and feet black ; iris hazel. Total length 6-8 inches, 

 culmen 1 - 1, wing 4-2, tail 1*9, tarsus 0-9, middle toe and claw - 9. 



Adidt female in sumnu r plumage. Similar to the male, but having 

 the black horseshoe on the breast less strongly developed. In old 

 birds, however, this is as strongly marked as in the male. Total 

 length 5-S inches, culmen 1-15, wing 4/4, tail 1*8, tarsus 1, middle 

 toe and claw 1. 



