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207. T. maritima, Brunn. (Purple Sandpiper.) 

 Bill slightly curved at the tip, longer than the head : 

 tibia almost entirely feathered : feet, and base of the bill, 

 coloured. 



T. maritima, Temm. Man. d^Orn. torn. n. p. 619. T. nigricans, 

 Mont, in Linn. Trans, vol. iv. p. 40. pi. 2. Purple Sandpiper, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet, fy Supp. Purple or Rock Tringa, Selb. Illust. 

 vol. ii. p. 150. pi. 26. f. 6. 



DIMENS. Entire length eight inches three lines : length of the bill 

 one inch three lines ; of the tarsus ten lines and a half; of the tail two 

 inches three lines; from the carpus to the end of the wing five inches two 

 lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Winter 'plumage.) Crown of the head, cheeks, sides and 

 nape of the neck, dusky brown, with a tinge of ash-gray ; throat white ; 

 orbits, and a spot near the anterior angle of the eye, grayish white : back 

 and scapulars black, with purple and violet reflections, the feathers edged 

 with deep ash-colour ; wing-coverts black, edged with white : breast gray, 

 the feathers fringed with white ; rest of the under parts white, streaked 

 on the flanks with dark ash-colour; under tail-coverts with lanceolate 

 dusky spots : rump, and two middle tail-feathers, deep black ; the other 

 tail-feathers dusky ash, fringed with white: bill reddish orange at the 

 base, the tip dusky : irides dusky: legs ochre-yellow. (Summer plumage.) 

 " Crown of the head, back, and scapulars, violet black, the feathers with 

 a broad edging of white mixed with a little ferruginous : fore part of the 

 neck, breast, and belly, cinereous white, with lanceolate dusky spots; 

 flanks, and sides of the neck, with oval spots; under tail-coverts with 

 longitudinal streaks; middle of the belly pure white." TEMM. (Young 

 of the year.) " Crown, back, scapulars, secondary quills, and middle tail- 

 feathers, dull black, all the feathers edged and tipped with pale red ; 

 wing-coverts broadly tipped with white : sides and fore part of the neck 

 with longitudinal streaks, the feathers edged with cinereous ; some large 

 spots disposed longitudinally on the flanks and under tail-coverts : legs 

 and base of the bill pale yellowish. 1 ' TEMM. (Egg.) Yellowish olive, spot- 

 ted and speckled with reddish brown : long. diam. one inch three lines ; 

 trans, diam. eleven lines. 



Inhabits rocky shores, and is found on many parts of the British coast 

 during the winter months. Retires to higher latitudes to breed. A few 

 have been observed by Mr Selby to remain for that purpose on the Fern 

 Islands. Food, marine insects and small bivalve mollusca. Obs. The 

 Knot of Bewick is the young of the year of this species. 



208. T. Temminckii, Leisl. (TemmincWs Stint.) 

 Bill very slightly curved at the tip, shorter than the head : 

 tail cuneiform, the outer feathers pure white : tarsus eight 

 lines and a half. 



T. Temminckii, Temm. Man. a" Orn. torn. u. p. 622. Little Sand- 

 piper, Mont. Orn. Diet. App. Temminck's Tringa, Selb. Illust. 

 vol. n. p. 144. pi. 27*. f. 1, & 2. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches: length of the bill (from the fore- 

 head) eight lines and a half, (from the gape) eight lines ; of the tarsus 



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