280 BAY-BIRDS. 



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 tip 

 of the secondaries and parts of the outer webs of 

 the middle primaries, white ; forehead, sides of thn 

 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 parr* 

 white. Length, seven inches and a half; wing, four 

 and an eighth." Giraud. 



LONG-LEGGED SANDPIPER 



Peep, Blind Snipe, Frost Snipe, Stilt. 



Tringd Himantopus. 



This bird also is nameless : it is rare, although 1 

 have killed quite a number of them, and I believe it> 

 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, on<? 

 inch and throe-eighths. Adult, with the upper part" 



