614 CHAEADKIID^E. 



ends, and forming a narrow band across the wing ; bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts black tipped with white, the latter broadly ; 

 quills black, paler brown on the inner webs of the primaries, ex- 

 cepting at the tips, which are black ; secondaries merely fringed 

 with white near the ends, and with a little white towards the base 

 of the inner web, the inner secondaries ashy like the back, the 

 shafts of all the quills white or whity brown ; centre tail-feathers 

 blackish like the upper tail-coverts, the rest ashy brown with white 

 shafts and white fringes ; crown of head like the back ; the lores 

 dusky, surmounted by a broad white streak, which is continued into 

 a narrow eyebrow ; sides of face white, with a few tiny streaks of 

 dusky brown ; ear-coverts uniform dusky brown ; under surface of 

 body white, with a few streaks of dusky brown on the lower throat 

 and sides of breast ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, the 

 marginal coverts mottled with dusky bases, the lower primary-coverts 

 ashy : bill dusky black ; legs and feet slaty black ; iris dark brown. 

 Total length 6 - 5 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 4*1, tail D6, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. General colour above black, 

 slightly varied with rufous edgings to the feathers, some of those of 

 the mantle, scapulars, inner greater coverts, and inner secondaries 

 having sandy-buff margins, the black forming large sub-terminal 

 spots ; crown of head black, with a sandy-buff lateral stripe ; lores 

 black ; sides of face rufescent, thickly spotted with dusky black like 

 the sides of the neck ; the ear-coverts rufous, and surmounted by a 

 pale buff eyebrow, which becomes lighter above the lores ; chin and 

 under surface of body white, the throat, fore-neck, and chest thickly 

 spotted with dusky blackish, the spots on the fore-neck and chest 

 somewhat arrow-shaped, as they are also along the sides of the 

 body, all these parts slightly tinged with rufous ; lateral upper 

 tail-coverts barred with black ; tail-feathers as in the winter 

 plumage, but with a more extensive area on the inner webs. Total 

 length 6-5 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 4-15, tail 1*5, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female in breeding-plumage. Similar to the male, but not 

 quite so plentifully spotted underneath. Total length 6 - 5 inches, 

 wing 4-3. 



Young birds. Very similar to the summer plumage of the adults, 

 being rufous above, mottled with black centres to the feathers, and 

 having very broad whitish margins ; centre of the crown black, the 

 outer tail-feathers having a great deal of white on the inner webs r 

 confining the ashy-grey colour to a broad marginal line ; the fore- 

 neck slightly tinged with buff, as also the sides of the upper breast, 

 these parts being very scantily streaked with brown. During the 

 first winter the pale edges become worn off, so that the general 

 aspect of the upper surface is black. 



The summer plumage is gained by a darkening of the centre of 

 the feathers of the upper surface, which become gradually blacker ; 

 the head becomes blackish, and the streaks on the breast much 

 more emphasized. 



Mr. Dresser has separated an Eastern form of the Broad- 

 billed Sandpiper under the name of L. sibirica — a species which 



