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black ; the fore-head and throat are ash colour ; the 

 neck and back are brown ; the rump is white, with 

 a triangular black spot ; the tail is black and white ; 

 the legs and feet are red. 



In order to procure beetles and marine insects 

 on which it feeds, it turns up the stones under which 

 they are found with its bill. 



The female lays 4 olive eggs, spotted with black. 



14. ALPINA. ) 



CINCLUS, SynJ DUNLIN * 



Tr. testaceo-fusca, pectore nigricante, rectricibus ci- 

 nereo-albidis, pedibus fuscescentibus Lath. 



The bill, less and feet are black ; above ferrugi- 

 nous, or rusty red ; the middle of each feather black ; 

 the quills and greater coverts are dark brown, the 

 latter deeply tipped with white ; the belly and vent 

 are white ; the middle tail-feathers are black, edged 

 with white. 



The nest is formed of dried tufts of the juncus 

 squarrosus. 



The female lays 4 smoky eggs, irregularly marked 

 with light and darker brown blotches. (Lin. Trans, 

 vol. 8. and 12. p, 534. 



15. PIGM^SUS. PIGMY SAND-PIPER. 



The bill is one inch and a half long, bent and 



