318 BIRDS. 



bill thick and strong, a brown ash colour above and on the sides; 

 edges of the feathers dotted with brown; white rump and belly; tail 

 marked with narrow and irregular grey and white stripes ; the feet 

 green. In summer the neck and breast are spotted with browni; in 

 winter the whole under part of the body is white. It is the largest 

 of all the European species. 



Scol. fusca, L.; Cheval noir; Barcje brune; BufF. Enl. 875; 

 Frisch, 236*, has the graceful form of the Godwit, and in summer 

 is a blackish brown above and slate-coloured beneath ; the feathers 

 bordered or dotted on the edge with whitish ; the rump white, and 

 the tail striped with brown and white, two characters which exist 

 more or less in all the species of Europe ; feet of a reddish brown. 

 In winter the belly and breast become white, when it is almost ash- 

 coloured above, with red feet. It is then Le Grand Chevalier a 

 pieds rouges, Scol. calidris, L., Enl. 876'j". 



Tringa, gamhetta, Gm. ; Le Chevalier aux pieds rouges, or Gam- 

 hette; Enl. 845; Frisch, 240, Naura. 9, f. 9. In summer, brown 

 above, with black spots, and some few white ones, on the edges of 

 the feathers ; white beneath with brown spots, particularly on the 

 breast and neck ; red feet ; numerous brown and white stripes on the 

 tail. In winter its spots are nearly effaced, and the mantle is of an 

 almost uniform grey; in this state it is the fig. Enl. 827. Its size 

 is a fourth less. 



Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst. ; Chevalier a longs pieds, Bonelli. 

 Something smaller than the preceding, but has longer and more 

 slender legs : in summer its back is brown, with irregular black spots ; 

 its belly white, and brown spots mark the neck and breast. In 

 winter the mantle becomes of a uniform grey, and the under part of 

 the body white. The stripes on the tail are irregular and parallel 

 to its edges. 



Tringa ochropus, L. ; Le Becasseau; Enl. 843. A bronze-black 

 above, the edges of the feathers dotted with whitish; white beneath, 

 spotted with grey on the forepart of the neck and on the sides ; only 

 three black bands on the lower half of the tail; feet greenish; still 

 smaller than either of the two preceding ones. It is much esteemed 

 as game, and is common along the banks of rivulets in Europe, al- 

 though it is rather a solitary bird. 



Tringa glareola, Gm.; Beccasseau des hois, chiefly differs from 

 the preceding in having from seven to eight blackish stripes along 

 the whole length of the tail. The pale spots on its back are broader. 

 The spots on the neck and breast almost totally disappear in winter. 



Tringa hypoleucos, L. ; Tot. macularius, Wils. VII, Hx, 1, 2? (a); 

 La guignette, Enl. 850. The smallest of the European species, 



* According to Meyer, the Scol. curonica and canlahrigiensis, and the Tringa atra, 

 Gm. should he referred to this bird. The two fii-st are the young ones, 

 f Under the wrong name of Barge grise. 



(«) C^° This mark of doubt may be removed: it is not the Tut. maculariiis, Wils. 

 — Eng. Ed. 



