162 BAY-BIRDS. 



OX-EYE. 



Tringd Semipalmata, Wils. 



" Specific Character. Bill rather stout, broad 

 towards the point ; along the gap about one inch ; 

 length of tarsi seven-eighths of an inch ; bill and 

 legs black ; toes half webbed. Adult with the bill 

 slender, about the length of the head dark-green, 

 nearly approaching to black ; head, sides, and hind- 

 part of neck ash-grey, streaked with dusky ; upper 

 parts blackish-brown, the feathers edged with 

 greyish- white ; secondary coverts tipped with white; 

 primary coverts brownish-black, as are the feathers 

 on the rump ; upper tail-coverts the same ; wing- 

 quills dusky, their shafts white ; tail-feathers ash- 

 grey, the inner webs of the middle pair much darker ; 

 over the eye a white line ; lower parts white ; legs 

 black. Length six inches and a half, wing four." 

 Giraud. 



This and the following variety are generally con- 

 founded by bay-men ; and being too small to 

 demand much consideration, and never shot un- 

 less huddled together, so that a large number 

 may be bagged, they are called promiscuously by the 

 odd name ox-eye. They are fat, and almost as good 

 eating when in prune order as the reed-bird. 



OX-EYE. 



Wilson's Sandpiper. 

 Tringd Pu^itta, Wils. 



" Specific Character. Bill along the gap three- 



