BRITISH BIRDS. 



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wings : the two middle feathers of the tail are 

 greenish brown ; the side ones white, crossed 

 with dusky lines: the breast, belly, and vent are 

 white, but, in the female, spotted with brown : legs 

 dirty flesh red. Xemminck says, that in the be- 

 ginning of autumn, the young of the year have the 

 lower parts wholly white. 



This species is not common in England. The 

 specimen from which the foregoing figure was 

 drawn was shot in the month of August, on the 

 bleak moors above Bellingham, in Northumberland. 



This bird is believed by some to be the common 

 Sandpiper. 



