84 GRALLATORES. TOTANUS. SANDPIPER. 



olive-green; the shafts of the feathers being darker, 

 and being further varied upon the back and scapulars 

 with fine transverse zigzag lines of dark hair-brown, 

 giving the bird an elegantly mottled appearance. The 

 lesser wing-coverts marked with transverse bars of hair- 

 brown, the greater coverts tipped with white. Two 

 first quill-feathers hair-brown ; the rest hair-brown, with 

 a large white spot in the centre of the inner web. The 

 four middle tail-feathers similar to the back ; the two 

 next on each side tipped with white ; the outermost 

 having the tip white, and the outer web pale hair-brown, 

 with darker bars. Throat and chin white, with a few 

 small specks of pale hair-brown. Sides of the neck and 

 breast greyish- white, streaked with hair-brown. Ab- 

 domen and vent white. Bill of a dusky greenish-grey 

 colour. Legs and toes yellowish-grey. 



Young Fig. 4. Represents the young bird, soon after exclusion, 



and covered with a down of the colour previously de- 

 scribed. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



TOTANUS MACULARIUS, Temm. 

 PLATE XVII. 



Totanus macularius, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 656. Shaw's Zool. 12. 144. 

 but not the figure which represents the young of the Common Sand- 

 piper Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 103. No. 142 Wils. Amer. Orn. 7. 60. pi. 59. 



Tringa macularia, Linn. 1. 249. 7 Gmel. Syst. 1. 672 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 



2. 734. 29. 



Turdus aquaticus, Briss. 5. 255. 20. 

 La Grive d'Eau, Buff. Ois- 8. 140. 

 Chevalier perle', Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 656. 

 Geflechte Strandlaufer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 342. Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. 2. 385. 



Spotted Tringa, Edw. t. 227. f- 2. 

 Spotted Sandpiper, Br. Zool. 2. No. 196. ?Latfi. Syn. 5. 179. 24 Shaw's 



Zool. 12. 144. the synonyms, but not the figure or description. Mont. 



Ornith. Diet. Flem. JBr. Anim. 1. 103. sp. 142. 



