53 BIRDS. GRALL/E. 38. Tringa. 



dusky fpots : back and fcapulars greenish-brown with dusky fpot.r; 

 quills dusky, fome of them tipt with white : lores dusky : chin ami 

 neck dirty white with dusky streaks: belly, vent and rump white with 

 dark fpots : tail with black bars. 



1.81. Sc. grisea. Grey-brown clouded with black: wings 

 brown: back dark brown edged with grey and ru- 

 fous-brown : belly white : rump and tail barred with 

 black and white. 



Brown Snipe. Montague Ornilh. Diet. 



Length \ i inches : weight 3 ounces and a quarter. 



Bill dusky, lighter at the bafe, rough near the tip : iris dusky: 

 lores dusky, with a white line over them: greater yiu'lls dusky, 

 inner-ones slightly tipt with white : sides of the vent and under 

 tail-coverts rufous-white with dusky bars : legs yellowish-green. 



38. TRINGA. Sandpiper. 



182. T. pugnax. Bill aadjegs yellow-buff : face covered 

 with yellow pimples : wing-coverts grey-brown : 

 middle tail-feathers barred with black, the 3 outer- 

 ones plain grey brown. 



Ruff and Reeve. Br. Zool, t. 69. Lewin t. 167. Donovan t. 33. 



Length about a foot : extent of wings' nearly 2. 



Bill fometimes black : iris hazel : general plumage very variable, 

 but commonly brown with black and white marks, and the under 

 parts more or less white. The Male in the fecond year is adorned 

 with a fpreading ruff of feathers on the neck, which falls off in 

 moulting time. Female pale brown, fpotted with black on the back: 

 tail brown, the middle-feathers fpotted with black. 



I S3. T. Vanellus. Crown glossy-black with a long pen- 

 dent crest : back and wings glossy-green : breast 

 black : legs orange. 



Lapwing, Pewit. JLetuin t. 168. DOKOV. t. 25, Walcot. t. 146. 



Length 13 inches : extent 30 inches : weight about 8 ounces. 



Bill blacJk : iris hazel : head with a green gloss : crest of unequal ' 

 feathers, a little turning up at the end : sides of the head and neck 

 white : over the eyes a whitish streak, and a black one beneath 

 them : lower-part of the neck before, and breast black ; the hind- 

 part brown mixed with white : belly white : vent and tail-coverts: 

 pale rufous ; back and u>ing-ccvert& dull green with a purple and 

 blue gloss : quills black, the 4 first tipt with white ; fecondaries 

 white on the upper half: tail black on the lower half tipt with 

 white, the outer feathers nearly all white. 



184. T. Gambetta. Bill reddish, a little curved upwards: 

 body variegated dusky-grey and pale buff, beneath 

 whitish with a few dusky streaks : legs yellow. 



Gambet. Br. Zool. t. 70. Lewin t. 160. Allin ii. t. 68. 



Size of S. Glottis, /////black at the point: iris yellowish : head, 

 bach and breast grey-brown with dull yellow fpots : covtrts and 

 Jcapulars grey, edged with dirty yellow ; zutngs longer than the tail., 

 the first feathers dusky bordered with yellow. 



185. T. Squatarola. Bill black : body grey with dusky 

 spots, beneath white : tail barred blacli and white : 

 legs dull green. 



Grey Sandpiper. Lewin t, 170. Walcot. t. 146. 



Length 12 inches : extent 24 inches : weight 7 ounces. 



Feathers of the head, back and coverts dusky edged with grefnish- 

 ash, and some with white : cheeks and throat white with a few dusky 

 streaks: quills black, the inner-webs more or less white: rump 

 white : back-toe very small. 



