Sp. 106. 
Sp. 107. 
Mr. Jenyns on the Ornithology of Cambridgeshire. 315 
is wholly of a deep black, but immediately after a change takes 
place in the colour of that part, and the white begins to re- 
appear. Those birds which were the darkest in this respect, were 
also a trifle larger than the others, and had the bill somewhat 
longer. These last characters indicate I believe the female sex. 
T. minuta, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. p. 624. 
LirtLe Sanppirer.—lI suppose this to be the Little Sandpiper 
of Pennant, (Brit. Zool. Vol. II. p. 473.) which he described from 
a specimen shot near Cambridge in the month of September, and 
which is the only one I ever heard of. At the same time there 
is some doubt attached to its identity, as it appears from 
Temminck, that under that name two species have been often 
confounded together, the Tringa Temminckii and the Tringa 
Minuta of the Manuel d’Ornithologie, and Pennant’s description 
is so short and imperfect, that it is not easy to pronounce with 
certainty which of these two was before him when it was drawn 
up, though from the circumstance of the legs being mentioned 
as black, I am inclined to think it was the latter. Add to this, 
that Iam not aware of the Tringa Temminckii having ever been 
met with in England, except the Little Sandpiper, described by 
Montagu in the Appendix to his Ornithological Dictionary, be of 
that species, which I think not improbable. That however was 
shot in Devonshire. 
T. cinerea, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. p.627. 
Knor.—According to Montagu these birds were formerly found 
in the Isle of Ely during the autumnal months, and I have heard 
of specimens being occasionally met with still. 
Se.108. T. pugnax, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. p. 631. 
Pol. | 
Rurr, Male. 
Reeve, Female. 
through the summer and departs at the approach of autumn, 
but is much more plentiful some years than others. It is found 
in the Isle of Ely, and occasionally in Bottisham and Swaffham 
fens. The male bird loses the ruff so soon as the season of 
incubation is over. 
1. Part Il. Ss 
\ rhis species visits us in the spring, remains 
