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GRALLATORES. 



SCOLOPACIDvE. 



SCOLOPACIDJE. 



THE PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



Tringa maritima. 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 80. 



* 81. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

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



Tringa maritima, Selninger Sandpiper. 



LincolniensiSj Black 



,, nigrieans, Purple 



canutus, The Knot, 



maritima, Selninger Sandpiper, ,, 94. 



striata, Purple FLEM. Brit. An. p. 110. 



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

 Sandpiper, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 211. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



w Bcasseau violet, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 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 

 winter 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 



