GA PURPLE SANDPIPER. 
grev, glossed, like the back, with purple; under tail coverts, 
white, spotted and streaked with deep ash-colour and light 
brown. The legs feathered nearly to the knee, and the toes, 
bright orange “yellow, in winter yellow—the hind toe is 
directed inwards; claws, much arched, short, and blunt, black 
in colour. 
In the young, the bill at the base is dull yellow; the head 
is dull greyish black, the feathers margined with dull yellowish 
brown; neck on the sides, ash grey with darker streaks; 
breast, also ash grey with darker streaks, and on the sides 
with large longitudinal streaks of a darker shade. Under 
tail coverts, streaked longitudinally with deep ash grey. 
