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the secondaries are tipped with white ; the two middle 

 tail-feathers are greenish brown; the side ones are 

 white, crossed with dusky lines; the breast, belly 

 and vent are white, in the female spotted with brown ; 

 the legb are pale dull red colour. 

 Weight 5oz. length 10 inches- 

 Migrates. 



7. ISLANDICA. 

 CA LID HIS, Syn. 



CINEHEA, J>11ED SAND-PIPER. 



(QANUTUS, 



ABERDEENVENSIS. 



Tr. rostro pedibusquefuscis, corpore subtus ferrugineo, 

 remiyibus secundariis margine albis. Lath. 



The bill is one inch and a half long ; the head, 

 neck, and beginning of the back are dusky, marked 

 with red; the fore-part of the neck and breast are 

 cinereous, mixed with rust colour, and obscurely 

 spotted with black ; the lesser wing-coverts are cine- 

 reous ; the quills are dusky ; the secondaries are 

 tipped with white ; the two middle tail-feathers are 

 dusky, the others are cinereous ; the legs are long 

 and black. 



A specimen of this species was shot 20th August, 1813, at 

 Sanda, Orkney. (Bullock in Lin. Trans, vol.ll. p. 176V 



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