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Ivii, 5, it is spotted above, fawn-colour and blackish ; underneath red. 

 The Tr. ncevia, Enl. 395, is an intermediate state. The coverts 

 of the tail are always white striped with black, and its quills grey. 

 Nearly as large as a Snipe. 



Tr. maritima, Brun. ; 2V. nUjricans, Montag., Lin. Trans. ^V, 

 pi. 11, f. 2; Brit. Zool. in fol., pi. c. 2, f. 1. (The Purple Sand- 

 piper). Somewhat less than the preceding; grey; the mantle black- 

 ish ; wings undulated with whitish ; whitish belly. It is common 

 on the coast of Holland, rare in France. Always settles on 

 stones*. 



Arenaria, Bechst. — Calidris, Vigors. 



The Sanderlings resemble the Sandpipers in every point but one, viz. 

 they have no thumb, as is the case wdth the Plovers. 



The species known, Charadrius calidris, Gm. Briss. V. pi. xx, 

 § 2; Vieill. Gal, 234, is, in winter, greyish above; front and un- 

 derneath white; blackish wings, varied with white; Wils. VII, lix, 

 A. In summer, its back is spotted with fawn-colour and black, and 

 its breast dotted with blackish, — Char, rubidus, Wils. VII, Ixiii, 3-j-. 



Pelidna, Cuv. 



The Sea-Larks are merely small Sandpipers, with a bill somewhat 

 longer than the head. The borders of their feet are insensible. 



Tringa cinclus and alpina ; Alouette de mer (the Sea-Lark, or 

 Small Sandpiper), is a third smaller than the Great Sandpiper, and 

 like it, in winter, is ash-coloured above, white beneath, and the 

 breast shaded with grey ; in summer its plumage is fawn-coloured 

 above, spotted with black, small black spots front of the neck and 

 breast, and a black patch under the belly. It is then the Tr. alpina, 

 Gm., or Tr. cinclus, B. Enl. 852; Wils. VII, Ivi, 2. The Tr. 

 cinclus, L., Enl. 851, is an intermediate state J. 

 The CocoRLi only differ from the Sea-larks by their bill being slightly 

 arcuated. 



The species known, Scolopax suharcuata, Gm.; Numenius afri- 

 canus, Lath.; Naum. 21, f, 28 and 20; f. 27 (Red Sandpiper), is, 

 in winter, blackish above, undulated with grey and whitish beneath ; 

 in summer the back is spotted with black and fawn-colour, the wings 

 are grey, and the head and under part of the body red. It is found 

 everywhere, though very rarely. The 



* Add, of European species: Tr. Temminckii, Leisler, Col. 41, 4; — Tr. minula, 

 Leisl. Naum. 21, f. 50. Of species foreign to that continent: Tr. !euco/-tera,Gvn., 

 Lath. Syn. Ill, pi. \KX-!iu;—Tr. albescens, Tern. Coh 41, \ -.—Tr. maculosa, \ie\U. 

 Diet.; — Tr. pusilla, Wils. pi. xxx\-ii, 4. Add, Tr. islandka, L., Wils. VIII, p. Ivii, 

 f 2, 5.— Eng. Ed. 



f It has been confounded with the Small Sandpiper, in its winter plumage, or Tr. 

 arenaria. Brisson, in particular, gives the figure of the one, and the description of 

 the other. The Calirlris Iringoides, Vieill. Gal. 234, seems to be a bad figure of this 

 bird in its summer livery. 



X This is most probably the place for the Tringa macroplera, Spix, XCII (n). 



^g° (a) Add, Am. Spec. Tr. Schimii, Brehm. ; — Tr. pecloralis, Bonap.; — Tr. 

 platijrhinca, Tem. — Eng. Ed. 



