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the neck ; the crown, back, and tail are brown ; the 

 legs yellow, or orange. 



Weight oz. length 7i inches 



The female lays 4 pale ash coloured eggs, spotted 

 with brown : she makes no nest, but deposits them 

 on the ground. (Lin. Trans, vol. 7. 28 \.) 



4. CAL1DRIS. ) aAwi 



RUBIDUS, Syn. 

 ARENARIA VULGARIS, SHAW.) 



% 



Ch. rostro pedibusque nigris, loris uropogioque sub- 

 griseis, corpore subtus albo immaculate. Lath. 



The bill is slender, black, and groved ; the brow 

 of the eyes are white ; the head and back of the 

 neck are pale ash colour, Streaked with long black 

 spots ; the back is brownish grey, beneath white ; 

 tail of 1 2 ash coloured feathers ; eggs black, 



Lenth 8 inches. 





5. HIMANTOPUS. LONG-LEGGED PLOVER. 



Ch. albus, dor so nigro, rostro nigro capite longiore, 

 pedibus longissimis. Lath. 



The bill is two inches and a half long, and black ; 

 irides red ; the crown of the head, back and wings 

 are glossy black ; the wings are long ; the tail is light 



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