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8. FUSCA. BROWN SAND-PIPER. 



Tr. pallide fusca nigro maculata subtus alba, collo 

 antice nigro striato, cauda cinerea, tectricibus 

 alarum albido marginatis. Lath. 



About the size of a jud-cock ; the bill is black ; 

 the head, upper parts of the neck, and back are of 

 a pale brown, spotted with black ; the coverts of the 

 wings are dusky, edged with white ; the under side 

 of the neck is white, streaked with black ; the belly 

 is white ; the tail cinereous ; the legs are black. 

 (Pennant.) 



9. LINCOLN1ENSIS. BLACK SAND-PIPER. 



Tr. alba, supra maculis griseis fuscisquc varia, sub- 

 tus maculis oblongis fuscis et nigris, rectricibus 

 duabus intermediis toto nigris. Lath. 



The size of a thrush. The nostrils are black ; 

 the irides yellow; the beak is short, blunt at the 

 point, and dusky ; the head is small, and flatted at 

 the top ; the colour is white, most elegantly spotted 

 with grey ; the neck, shoulders and back are mottled 

 in the same manner, but darker, being tinged with 

 brown ; in some lights these parts appear of a per- 

 fect black, and glossy ; the wings are long ; the quill- 

 feathers are black, crossed near their base with a 



