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black ; the head, back, and wing-coverts are mixed 

 with brown, ferruginous and white; the primories 

 are dusky, edged with white ; the breast, belly, and 

 rump are white ; the tail is dusky, the exterior fea- 

 thers are edged with white; the legs are black. 

 (Latham.) 



The weight is 2oz. the length 8J inches. 



The pigmy sand-piper is rather superior in size to 

 the purre, to which it has a near affinity ; but differs 

 from it, its legs being long and slender, and bill 

 slender; the thighs bare of feathers, half an inch 

 above the knees. (Montagu.) 



GENUS XLIL 

 CHARADRIUS. 



Bill straight, roundish, obtuse ; nostrils narrow ; 

 toes three. 



1. PLUVIALIS. GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Ch. corpore nigro viridique maculato subtus albido, 

 pedibus cinereis. Lath. 



The bill is dusky ; irides dark ; the upper parts 

 are spotted with golden-yellow, on a dark brown 

 ground ; the neck and breast are the same, but paler ; 



