128 SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



length, and dusky; nostrils pervious, bill fluted above and be- 

 low; line over the eye, chin, belly and vent, pure white; breast 

 white, spotted with pale olive brown; crown and neck above 

 dark olive, streaked with white; back, scapulars and rump, dark 

 brown olive, each feather marked along the edges with small 

 round spots of white; wings plain, and of a darker tint: under 

 tail-covert spotted with black; tail slightly rounded, the five 

 exterior feathers on each side white, broadly barred with black; 

 the two middle ones, as well as their coverts, plain olive; legs 

 long, slender, and of a dusky green. Male and female alike in 

 colour. 



