254 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



brown, spotted with dark brown ; sides of the chest like- 

 wise spotted ; beak and legs black ; irides dark brown. 



In summer the upper plumage becomes more rufous and 

 black, and the centre of the chest and abdomen are black. 



Entire length 6' 8 inches ; culmen 1 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 4"4 ; tarsus 0'9. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 329. 



258. Tringa subarquata, Giild. Curlew Smidpipcr. 



This species is a winter visitant in Egypt, where it is not 

 very plentiful. I shot the only specimen that I saw, at 

 Golosaneh, on the 8th of May, and have one other specimen, 

 procured for me at Alexandria in February. Its habits are 

 similar to those of T. minuta, and it may occasionally be met 

 with in the same flock as that bird. 



In winter the upper parts are hair-brown, darker in the 

 centre of the feathers ; wings dusky brown, with pale 

 margins ; tail-coverts white, with brownish-black bars ; under- 

 parts white, shaded with hair-brown on the base of the neck 

 and crop ; beak, which is slightly curved downwards, black ; 

 legs olive; irides dark brown. 



In summer the back becomes mottled with black and chest- 

 nut, and the chest becomes rich ferruginous brown, more or 

 less mottled with white and dusky according to the season. 



Entire length 8 inches; culmen 1'6; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 5 ; tarsus 11. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 328. 



