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lower throat, warm buff; latter streaked with black. The 

 stripes on the breast of the immature birds are not well 

 marked as in the American form. 



BEAK. Blackish-brown. 



FEET. Yellowish-ochre, tinged with olive. 



IRIDES. Dark brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 7*4 in. 



WING ... 5-25 



BEAK 1 ., 



TARSO-METATARSUS ... 1*2 



BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER. Tringa fuscicollis (Vieillot). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, 'Birds of Great Britain,' vol. iv, pi. 

 71; Dresser, 'Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pi. 547 ; Lilford, 

 * Coloured Figures,' vol. v, pi. 33. 



This is another American species which on rare occasions 

 has found its way to the British Isles. 



The earliest recorded specimen was obtained in Shrop- 

 shire, prior to 1839 (Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds). Subse- 

 quently about a dozen birds have been captured from counties 

 in the south of England, the data being as follows : 



Cornwall ; two obtained on October 13th, 1846 (Eodd, 

 ' Zoologist,' 1846). 



North Devon ; four obtained in November, 1870 (C. 

 Smith, ' Zoologist,' 1870). 



Sussex ; one obtained on October 8th, 1857 (Kent, 

 ' Zoologist,' 1859) ; another obtained on November 12th, 

 1870 (Bates, ' Zoologist,' 1871). 



Middlesex ; one obtained in 1856 (Harting, ' Birds of 

 Middlesex '). 



Scilly Isles ; one obtained in October, 1854 (Kodd, 

 ' Zoologist; 1854) ; two obtained in October, 1870 (Kodd, 

 ' Zoologist,' 1870). 



One specimen has been recorded from Ireland ; this is 

 supposed, on circumstantial evidence, to have been taken 

 on Belfast Lough, before April 15th, 1836 (Thompson, 

 Nat. Hist. Irel., vol. ii, p. 297). 



There appear to be no records as yet from Scotland. 



