BRITISH BIRDS, 183 



GENUS CLXXV. BARTRAMIA, Lesson (1831). 



308. Bartramia longieauda (Beeh.). BARTRAM'S 



SANDPIPER. 



Hab. North America (chiefly inland). 

 Has occurred eight times in England and twice in Ireland. 



GENUS CLXXVI. TRINGOIDES, Bonaparte (1831). 



Bill scarcely longer than head, straight, slender. Tarsus 

 moderate. Hind toe rather small ; middle toe united to 

 outer at base. 



309. Tringoides hypoleueus (Linn.). COMMON 



SANDPIPER. 



Hab. Palaearctic region. 



Adult : feathers above bronze-brown, with blackish 

 central spots or bars ; greater wing-coverts tipped with 

 white ; secondaries with white basal patches and tips ; tail 

 tipped with white, two outer feathers each side chiefly 

 white ; chin and line above eye white ; throat and breast 

 burnsh grey with dusky streaks ; below white ; bill dusky, 

 paler below ; iris brown ; tarsi greyish-green. Length 

 7*00 ; wing 4*20. In winter of a more uniform olive- 

 brown above and less marked below. 



Breeds rather sparingly in the south of England, but 

 more commonly in west and north, and throughout Scot- 

 land and Ireland. Frequents the shingly margins of 

 streams and lakes, arriving in April and leaving again in 

 August. Eggs : 4 ; pale reddish-buff or rufous-white, 

 spotted with reddish-brown ; i "40 by i *oo. 



GENUS CLXXVII. RHYACOPHILUS, Kaup (1829). 



Bill a little longer than head. Tarsus rather long, 

 exceeding the length of bill. 



