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wing; tcrtiaries black, with pale edges; primaries and tip of tail black ; legs 

 and toes dingy yellow. 

 jj(il ,— Europe and Asia. In India only found as yet in Bengal along the coast. 



Stlb-Family, TOTANIN.^.— Sand-Pipers. 



Bill grooved as far as, or beyond, the middle, moderately long, the tip hard 

 and pointed ; nostrils narrow; hind toe long and slender, barely reaching the 

 ground. All are found on mud banks, the mouths of rivers, marshes, &c., 

 and feed on molluscs and insects. The flesh is excellent food. 



Gen. Actitis.— ///. 

 Groove of the bill extending quite to the tip; ist quill of wing longest. 



169. ActitiS liypoleUCOS {Lmn.), Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 699, No. 

 893 ; Blyih, B, Burm. p. 155 ; Murray, Vert. Zool., Smd, p. 253 ; Murray, 

 Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 619, No. 1300. Tringa hypoleucos, Linn., Syst. Nat. 

 I, p. 250. Tringoides hypoleucos, Hume, A'ests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 588 ; 

 id.. Sir. F. ii. p. 299; iii. p. 183; SaJvad., Ucc. Born. p. 326; Huine, Str. 

 F. viii. p, 113 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 867 ; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 241. Totanus 

 hypoleucos, Dresser, B. Eur. viii, p. 12J ; Bingkam, Str. F. ix. p. 197. — 

 The Common Sand-Piper. 



Forehead, crown, nape and back of the head ashy brown, streaked with 

 dark narrow lines ; superciHum white, also the orbital ring, chin and throat ; 

 sides of the face pale ashy with brown streaks ; middle of the breast white, 

 the sides mottled or streaked with brown, or entirely brown; back, scapulars, 

 tertiaries and lesser wing coverts ashy brown, glossed with green, and with 

 fine transverse dark lines ; greater wing coverts ashy brown, tipped with white, 

 which with the white bases of the secondaries form a conspicuous wing band ; 

 primaries and their co^•erts dark brown, the latter tipped with white, and 

 all, except the first primary, and sometimes the second also, with a large 

 white spot on their inner webs ; lower back, rump and upper tail coverts 

 ashy brown, with dark transverse bars ; four central feathers of the tail like 

 the back, the rest tipped with white and with dark spots along their edges ; 

 beneath white. Bill dusky ; irides brown; legs pale green. 



Length. — 7 to 8 inches ; wing 4-5 ; tail 2-4 ; tarsus 0*97 to i ; bill 0-97. 

 Liab. — Less common than the two preceding ; afTects the sea coast as well 

 as lakes, &c., inland. Occurs throughout India, Burmah, IMalacca, Ceylon, 

 &c. ; also Beloochistan, Persia and Afghanistan. 



170. ActitiS OChropUS (Linn.), Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 698, No. 892 ; 

 Blyth, B. Burm. p. 155 ; Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 254 ; Murray, 

 AviJ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 619, No. 1301. Tringa ocrophus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. 

 p. 250. Totanus ochropus, Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 183; Dresser, B. Eur. viii. 

 p. 135, pi. ; David ct Oust, Ois. Cliine, p. 465 ; Hume and Lav., Str. F. vi. 



