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the tail, which consists of twelve feathers, has the two middle 

 ones dusky, the next on each side ash coloured, with rufous 

 margins, and the exterior feathers entirely white. The breast 

 is yellowish ash with brown streaks ; the chin, belly, vent, 

 and under tail-coverts, white. In winter, the plumage above 

 becomes brownish, and the margin grey ; the breast becomes 

 white, with only a few streaks of brownish. The young 

 have the upper part more mottled with reddish and grey, 

 and the white on the under part not so entire. 



MINUTE TRINGA (Tringa minuta). 



This species is nearly of the same size as the preceding, 

 only the tarsi are longer ; the bill and feet are black, the tail 

 is double forked, and the markings of the colours are dif- 

 ferent. In the summer plumage, the margins of the feathers, 

 on the upper part, are redder, and the black upon the head 

 forms spots. The colour on the sides of the neck and breast 

 is also more inclined to red, and marked with triangular 

 spots of dusky brown ; but it does not quite meet on the 

 middle of the breast, which, with all the rest of the under 

 part, is white. The rump and two middle feathers of the 

 tail are black, the other brownish with white margins. In 

 winter, the upper plumage becomes greyish and brown, with 

 a dusky streak on the shaft of each feather, and the red on 

 the sides of the neck and breast becomes ash- brown. 



BUFF-BREASTED TRINGA (Tringa Tufescens). 



The buff-breasted tringa is a very recent addition, not only 

 to the British Fauna, but to that of Europe. Only three " 

 specimens of it have been found in Europe. One of these 

 is in the museum at Paris ; another was taken at Melbourne, 

 in Cambridgeshire, in September, 1826 ; and a third, which 

 is now in the Norwich museum, was taken on the coast of 

 Norfolk, in (if I remember rightly) the autumn of 1831. It 



