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middle tail-feathers longer than the others: a considerable 

 part of the tibia naked : tarsus fourteen lines in length. 



T. subarquata, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 609. Pigmy Curlew, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet, fy Supp. with fig. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. 

 p. 40. Curlew Tringa, Selb. Illust. vol. li. p. 157. pi. 26. f. 4, & 5. 



DIMENS. Entire length eight inches: length of the bill one inch 

 seven lines ; of the tarsus one inch two lines ; of the naked part of the 

 tibia six lines ; of the middle toe, claw included, eleven lines ; from the 

 carpus to the end of the wing five inches two lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Winter plumage.) Face, streak above the eye, throat, 

 belly, and other under parts, pure white; from the bill to the eye a brown 

 streak ; upper part of the head, back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, cine- 

 reous brown, with the shafts of the feathers somewhat darker ; feathers 

 on the nape streaked longitudinally with brown, and edged with whitish ; 

 fore part of the neck and breast the same, but paler : upper tail-coverts 

 white : tail cinereous gray, the feathers edged with white : bill black : 

 irides brown : legs dusky gray. (Summer plumage.) Face, streak over 

 the eye, and throat, white, speckled with brown: crown of the head black, 

 the feathers edged with pale reddish brown ; hind part of the neck red- 

 dish brown, with longitudinal black streaks ; fore part of the neck, breast, 

 belly, and abdomen, chestnut red, with a few white feathers and brown 

 spots sometimes intermixed, according to the period of the season : back, 

 scapulars, and greater coverts, deep black, the edges of the feathers 

 marked with a series of reddish brown spots, the tips yellowish gray ; 

 rest of the coverts deep brown, margined with grayish white, or (during 

 the season of incubation) with reddish yellow: upper and under tail- 

 coverts white, with transverse black bars. ( Young of the year, before 

 the first moult.) Back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, dusky ash, all the 

 feathers broadly edged and tipped with yellowish white: breast tinged 

 with white and pale yellowish brown, faintly streaked, but without 

 any distinct spots: feet brown. (Egg.) Yellowish, with brown spots. 

 TEMM. 



A rare visitant in this country. Occasionally met with on the eastern 

 and southern coasts, but not often observed inland. Common in Holland 

 in Spring and Autumn at the periods of its migration. Sometimes breeds 

 in that country. Nest placed on the sea-shore, or on the borders of exten- 

 sive waters. Eggs four or five in number. Food, insects and worms. Obs. 

 The Red Sandpiper of Latham and Montagu is this species in its summer 

 plumage. 



205. T. variabilis, Meyer. (Dunlin.) Bill nearly 

 straight, a little longer than the head : the two middle tail- 

 feathers longer than the others, and pointed: a. small part 

 of the tibia naked : tarsus eleven lines and a half. 



T. variabilis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 612. Dunlin and Purre, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. pp. 102, & 104. 

 Dunlin, Selb. Illust. vol. n. p. 153. pi. 26. 



DIMENS. Entire length seven inches nine lines : length of the bill 

 (from the forehead) one inch three lines, (from the gape) one inch two 

 lines and a half; of the tarsus eleven lines and a half; of the naked part 

 of the tibia three lines ; of the tail two inches one line ; from the carpus 



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