60 BIRDS. GHALLJ2. 38. Tringa, 



-ea Sandpiper. Transact. Linn. Soc. iv.p. 22, t. i. 



Length near 9 inches : extent near 16 : weight 2 oz. and a half. 



Bill yellow at the bafc, black towards the point : primary quilt* 

 i^usky, with white shafts; fccondary lighter, with white tips; 

 hinder-ones nearly white : 4 middle tail-feathers dusky and longer 

 than the rest ; sides, thighs and vent, with a few dusky fpoU : legf 

 yellow. 



192J T. fusca. Pale brown spotted with black, beneath 

 white : neck with black streaks underneath: wing- 

 coverts dusky edged with dirty white : tail cine* 

 reous. 



Brown Sandpiper. Br.Zool. ii.^.463. . 195. 

 Size of the Jack Snipe. /?/// and legs black, 



193, T. lincolniemis. White, wiih grey and dusky spots 

 above, and oblong brown and black spots beneath : 

 % middle tail-feathers entirely black. 



Black Sandpiper. Br.ZcoL ii. p. 464. n. 197. 



SUe pf a Thrush. Bill short, dusky and obtufe at the .point r 

 nostrils black : iris yellow ; head small, flattened at top : wings' 

 long; quills black, crossed with a white line near the bafe : tail 

 short, entirely white, except the a middle -feathers : legs reddish- 

 brown, 



19k T. Ifypolcucos. Bill smooth: above grey with a 

 greenish gloss and dusky transverse lines, beneath 

 white: over the eyes a whitish stripe: legs datfk 



Common Sandpiper. Br. ZooL t. 71. Lewint. 173. IValc. t. 148. 

 Length 7 inches and a half: extent 13: weight a ounces. 

 Bill brown : iris hazel : back and scapulars with a greenish-gloss j 

 wings greenish brown, crossed with narrow dusky undulate lines ; 

 quills dusky, with a white ipot on the inner-web, except the out- 

 most : tail with a greenish glofs, the 4 middle feathers crossed with 

 dusky bars, the 2 next tipt with white, the rest fpotted or barred 

 -r ( \vith white ; legs dull green, 



195, T, mactilarifi. Base of the bill and legs reddish: 

 body spotted above and beneath : over the eyes a 

 white stripe : wings with 2 white bars. 



Spotted Sandpiper. Lewin t. 174. Walcot t. 149. 



Length near 8 inches : breadth 14. Size of a Thrush. 



Bill dusky towards the point i body above greenish-brown with 

 ^triangular dusky spots, becoming larger and more rounded down. 

 \vardSiplain oii the rump; beneath xvhite with roundish dusky 

 fpots ; 2 middle tail-feathers greenish-brown, the rest white with 

 dusky bars. Female without fpots on the belly. 



196, T. Cinclus. Bill and legs black: lores whiter 

 b0dy and rump mixed grey and brown ; tail-feathers 

 with light edges, 



JPurre. Br.ZaoLt.7i> Lewin t. 17,5. Donov.t.^z. 



Length 7 inches : extent 13 : weight an ounce and 3 quarters. 



Jris dusky : body above dark grey, with dusky ftreaks : greater 

 coverts tipt with white ; first quills dark brown, fecondaries with a. 

 white f pot in the middle and tipt-with white: fore-part of the 

 neck mixed with brown : breajt and belly white, female larger, 

 and the plumage lighter, 



197, T, alpina. Bill and legs dusky-ferruginous with 

 dusky spots : breast and belly with blackish blotches* 

 tail-leathers grey edged with white. 



