348 BIRDS. 
bill thick and strong, a brown ash colour above and on the sides; 
edges of the feathers dotted with brown; white rump and belly; tail 
marked with narrow and irregular grey and white stripes; the feet 
green. In summer the neck and breast are spotted with brown; in 
winter the whole under part of the body is white. It is the largest 
of all the European species. 
Seol. fusca, L.; Cheval noir; Barge brune; Buff. Enl. 875; 
Frisch, 236*, has the graceful form of the Godwit, and in summer 
is a blackish brown above and slate-coloured beneath; the feathers 
bordered or dotted on the edge with whitish; the rump white, and 
the tail striped with brown and white, two characters which exist 
more or less in all the species of Europe; feet of a reddish brown. 
In winter the belly and breast become white, when it is almost ash- 
coloured above, with red feet. It is then Le Grand Chevalier a 
pieds rouges, Scol. calidris, L., Enl. 8767. 
Tringa, gambetta, Gm.; Le Chevalier aux pieds rouges, or Gam- 
bette; Enl. 845; Frisch, 240, Naum. 9, f. 9. In summer, brown 
above, with black spots, and some few white ones, on the edges of 
the feathers; white beneath with brown spots, particularly on the 
breast and neck; red feet; numerous brown and white stripes on the 
tail. In winter its spots are nearly effaced, and the mantle is of an 
almost uniform grey; in this state it is the fig. Enl.827. Its size 
is a fourth less. 
Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst.; Chevalier a longs pieds, Bonelli. 
Something smaller than the preceding, but has longer and more 
slender legs: in summer its back is brown, with irregular black spots; 
its belly white, and brown spots mark the neck and breast. In 
winter the mantle becomes of a uniform grey, and the under part of 
the body white. The stripes on the tail are irregular and parallel 
to its edges. 
Tringa ochropus, l.; Le Bécasseau; Enl. 843. A bronze-black 
above, the edges of the feathers dotted with whitish; white beneath, 
spotted with grey on the forepart of the neck and on the sides; only 
three black bands on the lower half of the tail; feet greenish; still 
smaller than either of the two preceding ones. It is much esteemed 
as game, and is common along the banks of rivulets in Europe, al- 
though it is rather a solitary bird. 
Tringa glareola, Gm.; Béccasseau des bois, chiefly differs from 
the preceding in having from seven to eight blackish stripes along 
the whole length of the tail. The pale spots on its back are broader. 
The spots on the neck and breast almost totally disappear in winter. 
Tringa hypoleucos, L..; Tot. macularius, Wils. VII, lix, 1, 2?(@); 
La guignette, Enl. 850. The smallest of the European species, 
* According to Meyer, the Scol. curonica and cantabrigiensis, and the Tringa atra, 
Gm. should be referred to this bird. The two first are the young ones. 
{+ Under the wrong name of Barge grise. 
(a) 3° This mark of doubt may be removed: it is not the Tot. macularius, Wils. 
—Enae. Ep. 
