BAY-BIRDS. 1S 
red, the centre of each feather black, which color 
occupies a large portion of the scapulars; wing- 
coverts and quills greyish-brown ; the bases and tips 
of the secondaries and parts of the outer webs of 
the middle primaries, white; forehead, sides of the 
head, and hind neck, pale reddish-grey, streaked 
with dusky; fore neck and upper part of breast 
greyish-white, streaked with dusky; on the lower 
part of the breast a large black patch; abdomen 
white ; lower tail coverts white, marked with dusky ; 
tail light-brownish grey, streaked—the central fea- 
thers darker. 
“Winter dress, upper parts brownish-grey ; throat, 
greyish-white ; fore part and sides of neck, sides of 
the head, and sides of the body, pale brownish-grey, 
faintly streaked with darker ; rest of the lower parts 
white. Length, seven inches and a half; wing, four 
and an eighth.”— Giraud. 
Lonc-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 
Peep, Blind Snipe, Frost Snipe, Stilt. 
Tringa Himantopus. 
This bird also is nameless: it is rare, although I 
have killed quite a number of them, and I believe its 
numbers are increasing; it rarely consorts in flocks 
of more than five or six, stools readily, and is often 
mistaken for the yellow-legs. 
“ Specific Character.—Bill about one-third longer 
than the head, slightly arched; length of tarsi, ope 
inch and three-eighths. Adult, with the upper parts 
