250 SCHINTZ'S SANDPIPER. 



manner somewhat resembling that of the solitary 

 Sandpiper."* The same ornithologist's description 

 is as follows : " Bill and feet dusky ; iris hrown ; 

 the general colour of the upper parts brownish- 

 biacK, each feather edged with yellowish-grey ; the 

 scapulars with light red; wing -co verts greyish- 

 brown, the shafts black; primary and secondary 

 coverts tipped with white; quills brownish-grey, 

 darker towards the tips, the inner primaries, and 

 outer secondaries, more or less edged and tipped 

 with white; tail-coverts white, with a dusky spot, 

 excepting the two central, which are blackish, with 

 a few greyish-white markings ; tail-feathers light 

 grey, the two middle brownish-black towards the 

 ends ; sides of the head, fore neck, anterior part of 

 the breast, and sides, greyish- white, with small lan- 

 ceolate central brownish-black spots ; rest of the 

 lower parts white. Length seven and one-twelfth 

 inches ; tarsus eleven-twelfths of an inch, t Mr. 

 Yarrell's specimen, received from America, is noted 

 at six inches and a-half. 



* Orn. Biog. iii. p. 629. f Orn. Biog. iii. p. 530. 



