2808 The Zoologist — October, 1871. 



of a pool in a salt marsh near Marazion, about two miles from Penzance, 

 a few yards from the sea. 



Inches. 



Length lOj 



Bill black and very slender, much less bulky than that of the red- 

 shank ItV 



Tarsus (longer than that of the redshank, and shorter than that of 



the dusky sandpiper) 2ts 



Middle toe If 



Tail barred as in the redshank ; transverse bar of white on the upper tail- 

 coverts ; above this white, and extending over the back, body, plumage and 

 flanks ash-brown, which in the redshank and dusky sandpipers is pure 

 white. Upper -plumage, scapularies, wing-coverts, &c., hair-brown, with 

 grayish and black blotches cropping out as if iu moult, the coverts studded 

 with white spots, very like the same in the adult wood sandpiper. The 

 breast white, streaked with wood-brown ; the beUy and the whole of the 

 wider parts unsullied white ; legs and tarsi when first killed pale yellow. 

 The primary, secondary and tertial quills brown, without any white on 

 the inner wel)S. In tlie redshank a large portion of white is observable 

 on the inner webs of the secondaries. The axiUary plume and flanks 

 very distinctly barred as the tail. YarreU, in liis description of the 

 so-called first British specimen, gives the colour as white. The red- 

 shank lias tliese flank-feathei"s, as well as the body plumage under the 

 scapularies, pure white. The bill of the redshank is quite a quarter of an 

 inch longer than the yellowsliank's, but from its superior bulk it does not 

 look so. Tlie general appearance of T. flavipes, alongside the redshank 

 and dusky sandpiper, is intermediate. — Edward HearleEodd; September 21, 

 1871. 



Pectoral Sandpiper at Brauuton Barrous. — I have to record the occur- 

 rence of this North -American species at 13 raunton Burrows, North Devon, 

 a pair having been shot there by me on the r2th instant. I discovered 

 them on the margin of a large fresh-water pool in a marshy field, and, as 

 they allowed of a near approach, had ample opportunities of observing their 

 movements before putting them up. They presented a pecuhar and 

 interesting appearance as they marched about the gi'ass with a very 

 measured and stately walk, occasionally elevating the feathers on the top of 

 the head into the form of a crest, much after the fashion of the sky lark, of 

 gigantic specimens of whicli bird their whole appearance was, strange to 

 say, at a little distance, strikingly suggestive, the markings on the breast 

 and general coloration of the plumage helping to complete the similarity. 

 When tliey rose they uttered a peculiar note, rather weak and feeble for the 

 size of the bird, and reminding me more of the note of the curlew sandpiper 

 than that of any other species that I have heard. When flying one of them 



