GRALLATORES. 



SCHINZ S SANBPIPEU, 



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SCHINZ^S SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Schinzii, Sclii)iz''s Sandpiper, Eyton's Fauna of Shropshire. An. Nat. 



Hist. vol. ii. p. 53. 

 >> ), i> ., Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xxii. 



,, ,, Becasseau de Scliiitz, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. p. 401. 



Mr. Evton in his Fauna of Sliropsliire, say.s, that a 

 specimen of this Sandpiper killed near Stoke Heath is in the 

 collection of Sir Rowland Hill. The specimen was lent to 

 Mr. Gould, who says, " We have compared the individual 

 from which our figure is taken, with others killed in America, 

 between which we could discover no difference ; its shorter 

 bill and white rump will at all times serve to distinguish it 

 from the other European members of the group." 



This Sandpiper, named after M. Schinz, the distinguished 

 naturalist of Switzerland, is not, however, the Tringa Schin- 

 zii of M. Brehm, but an American species, the Tringa 

 Schinzii of C. It. Bonaparte, Prince Canino ; and 1 must 



