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GRALLATORES. 



SCOLOrACJDiE. 





THE BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa rufescens, Buff-Breasted Triiiga, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 142. 

 ,, ,, „ ,, Sandpiper, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 214. 



,, ,, ,, ,, „ Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 39. 



,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvii. 



,, ,, Becasseau rousset, Temm. Man. d'Ornilli. pt. iv. p. 408. 



I HAD the gratification of obtaining tlie specimen of the 

 interesting and prettily marked Sandpiper, from which the 

 figure above was taken, in the autumn of 1826, when at 

 Royston ; and soon afterwards made it known as a new visiter 

 to England and Europe in the Transactions of the Linnean 

 Society. This bird was shot early in the month of Sep- 

 tember 1826, in the parish of Melbourne, in Cambridgeshire, 

 in company with some Dotterell (Charadrius morinellus); 

 and passed immediately afterwards into the possession of Mr. 

 Baker of Melbourne, by whom the skin was preserved, and 

 of whom it was purchased by John Sims for me. A few 



