214 AVES GRALLATORES. [TRINGA. 



211. T. rufescens, Vieill. (Buff-breasted Sandpiper.) 

 Bill slender, very slightly curved, not longer than the 

 head : tail cuneated : the outer feathers light brown, edged 

 with white : a large portion of the tibia naked. 



T. rufescens, Vieill. Gal. Ois. torn. n. p. 105. pi. 238. Yarr. in 

 Linn. Trans, vol. xvi. p. 109. pi. 11. Buff-breasted Tringa, Selb. 

 lUust. vol. ii. p. 142. pi. 27. f. 1. 



DIMENS. Entire length eight inches : length of the bill (from the 

 forehead) nine lines, (from the gape) one inch ; of the naked part of the 

 tibia six lines ; of the tarsus one inch three lines. YARR. 



DESCRIPT. Feathers on the top of the head dark brown, approaching 

 to black, edged with very light brown, giving a mottled appearance; hind 

 part of the neck light brown, with a minute dark spot in the centre of 

 each feather ; back, scapulars, and tertials, blackish brown, the edges of 

 the feathers paler ; primaries nearly black, tipped with white ; the shafts 

 white; tail-coverts brown, with lighter-coloured edges; tail cuneiform, 

 the middle feathers black, the shafts and edges lighter ; the feathers on 

 each side light brown, inclosed by a zone of black, and edged with white : 

 chin, sides of the neck, throat, and breast, light brown tinged with buff; 

 abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts, white, but pervaded also by the 

 buff colour of the higher parts; sides of the neck with darker coloured 

 spots : anterior portion of the under surface of the wing rufous brown ; 

 the outer portion spotted ; under coverts pure white ; shafts of the pri- 

 maries on their under surface pearl-white, the outer web dusky, the inner 

 web also dusky, and plain on the part nearest the shaft, the other inner 

 half of the web beautifully mottled with dark specks ; secondary quills 

 also mottled at their bases, and ending in sabre-shaped points, presenting 

 a regular series of lines formed by alternating shades of white, black, and 

 dusky bands, well defined in the adult bird, and presenting a beautifully 

 variegated appearance, peculiar to the species: bill black: legs brown. 

 YARR. (Egg.) Unknown. 



A single individual of this species, which is a native of Louisiana in 

 America, was shot early in September 1826, in the parish of Melbourne 

 in Cambridgeshire, in company with some dotterel. It is now in the 

 possession of Mr Yarrell. A second was killed at Sheringham in 

 Norfolk, July 28, 1832. This last, which proved to be a female, is in 

 the Norwich Museum. It appears to be a very rare species even in its 

 native country. Habits and nidification unknown. 



GEN. 80. LOBIPES, Cuv. 



212. L. hyperboreus, Steph. (Red Lobefoot.) Crown, 

 nape, and sides of the breast, deep ash ; sides of the neck 

 ferruginous: legs greenish gray. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 709. P. 

 Williamsii, Simm. in Linn. Trans, vol. vm. p. 264. Red Phala- 

 rope, Mont. Orn. Diet. $ Supp. Red-necked Phalarope, Sow. 

 Brit. Misc. pi. 10. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 149. Red Lobe- 

 foot, Selb. Illust. vol. ii. p. 166. pi. 28. 



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

 (from the forehead) ten lines and a half, (from the gape) eleven lines ; of 



