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GRALLATORES. 



SCOLOPACID^E. 



SCOLOPACID.E. 



THE PUKPLE SANDPIPEE. 



Tringa maritima. 



Tringa maritima, Selninger Sandpiper, 

 Lineolniensis, Black 



nigricans, Purple 



The Knot, 

 Selninger Sandpiper, 



PENX. Brit. Zool. yol. ii. p. 



81. 



canutus, 

 maritima, 

 gtriata, 

 maritima, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit Birds, vol. ii. p. 92. 

 w 94. 



Purple FLEM. Brit. An. p. 110. 



Purple or Rock Tringa, SELBY, Brit Ornith. v. ii. p. 150. 

 Sandpiper, JENYXS, Brit Vert. p. 211. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt xix. 



Btcasxau violet, TEMM. Man, d'Ornith. voL iL p. 



619. 



THE PURPLE SANDPIPER, though very well known in 

 this country, is not very numerous as a species, but is found 

 on various parts of our coast apparently preferring those 

 which are rocky rather than extensive flats of sand. It is 

 generally to be found from September throughout the 

 whiter till the following April or May, when the greater 

 portion of them quit our shores, and pass in many instances 

 to high northern latitudes for the breeding season. That 



