158 BAY-BIRDS. 
brownish-black, the feathers margined with reddish- 
white ; the edges of the scapulars with semiform 
markings of the same; rump and upper tail-coverts 
white, transversely barred with dusky; tail, light 
grey, the feathers white at the base and along the 
middle ; primary quills and coverts brownish-black— 
inner tinged with grey; the shaft of the outer pri- 
mary, white; secondaries, brownish-grey, margined 
with reddish-white, the inner dusky ; a broad whitish 
line over the eye; loral space dusky; auriculars, 
pale brownish-red; fore part and sides of neck, 
greyish white, tinged with red, and longitudinally 
streaked with dusky; the rest of the lower parts, 
pale reddish, transversely barred with dusky ; the 
middle of the breast and the abdomen without 
markings; legs long and slender, of a yellowish- 
green color. In autumn, the plumage duller, of a 
more greyish appearance, and the reddish markings 
wanting, excepting on the sides of the head, and a 
few touches on the scapular. Length, nine inches ; 
wing, five."— Giraud. 
RING-NECE. 
American Ring Plover. 
Tringa Hiaticula, Wils. 
This is a small, but delicate, fat, and pretty bird ; it 
does not stool well, and accompanies the small snipe. 
“ Specific Character.—Bill shorter than the head; 
base, orange color, towards the point, black; a broad 
band on the forehead white, margined below with 
