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white, as in the Common Sandpiper, hut the feathers are 

 longer ; in the tail five feathers on each side have white tips, 

 and only one feather on each outside of the tail has the 

 outer web white, barred with greenish-black ; the chin white ; 

 the throat, neck, breast, and all the under parts, even to the 

 ends of the under tail-coverts, white, but ornamented with 

 numerous well-defined round spots of dusky greenish-brown ; 

 the legs and toes flesh- colour ; the claws brown. 



The whole length is about six inches and three-quarters. 

 From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, four inches ; 

 the first quill-feather the longest in the wing. 



The birds of the year are far less spotted on the under 

 parts than the adults, which increases the resemblance 

 between this species and the Common Sandpiper. 



The young chicks on leaving the shell are covered with 

 down of a dull drab-colour, marked with a single streak of 

 black down the middle of the back, and with another behind 

 the ear. 



