144 GRALLATORES. TRINGA. TRINGA. 



FIG. 4. Of the natural size. 



General Chin, throat, front of the neck, and breast, pale ochreous, 

 tion. nP ~ inclining to sienna, yellow. Sides of the neck and nape 



spotted with brown. Abdomen, flanks, and under tail- 

 coverts, white, dashed with yellow. Front part of the 

 under surface of the wings rufous brown, the other 

 parts spotted ; under coverts white. Shafts of the pri- 

 mary quills on their under surface pearl-white ; outer 

 web dusky ; the inner one pale hair-brown, plain on 

 the part next to the shaft, but having its other half 

 elegantly mottled with dark specks. Secondary quills 

 mottled at their base, and ending in distinct sabre- 

 shaped points, presenting, as Mr YARRELL observes, a 

 regular series of lines, formed by alternating shades of 

 white, black, and dusky bands, well defined, and exhi- 

 biting a beautifully variegated appearance peculiar to 

 the species. Back blackish-brown, with the margins of 

 the feathers paler. Scapulars and tertials blackish- 

 brown, margined with pale reddish-brown. Tail-co- 

 verts brown, with paler edges. Tail cuneiform, the 

 centre feathers black, those on each side hair-brown, 

 enclosed by a zone of black, and edged with white. 

 Bill black. Legs brown, and bare for about half an 

 inch above the tarsal joint. 



TEMMINCK'S TRINGA. 



TRINGA TEMMINCKII, Leisl. 

 PLATE XXVII. FIGS. 1, 2. 



Tringa Temminckii, Leisler, Nachr. zu Bechst. Naturg. Deut. Heft 1. 65. 



Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 622. 

 Tringa pusilla, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 737- but not the Tringa pusilla of Linn. 



Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 108. sp. 154. 

 Pelidna pusilla, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 101. 

 Pelidna Temminckii, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 103. 

 Becasseau Temmnia, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 622. ; ejusd. PL Col. 

 Little Sandpiper, Mont. Ornith. Diet. App Lath. Syn. 5. 184. 32. 

 Temminck's Dunlin, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 101. 

 Temminck's Knot or Sandpiper, Fox, Syn. of Newcastle Mus. p. 14. 



