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fossz are very long as in the Godwits, but this bill is not usually 
longer than the head; their slightly bordered toes have no mem- 
branes at base, and their thumb can hardly reach the ground; their 
moderately long legs and short figure give them a heavier carriage 
than that of the Godwits. They are also much smaller. 
Tringa grisea, Tr. cinerea, and T'r. canutus, Gm.; La Mau- 
béeche, Enl. 366; Edw. 276; Wils. VII, lvii, 2. (The Sandpi- 
per.) Winter plumage ash-coloured above, white beneath, with 
blackish spots on the front of the neck and breast. In its sum- 
mer livery, 7'r. islandica, Gm., or Tr. rufa, Wils. VII, lvii, 5, 
it is spotted above, fawn colour and blackish; underneath, red. 
The 7r. ncevid, Enl. 365, is an intermediate state. The coverts 
of the tail are always white striped with black, and its quills 
grey. Nearly as large as a Snipe. 
Tr. maritima, Brun; Tr. nigricans, Montag., Lin. Trans. 1V, 
pl. 11, f. 25; Brit. Zool. in fol., pl. c. 2, f. 1. Somewhat less 
than the preceding; grey; the mantle blackish; wings undulated 
with whitish; whitish belly. It is common on the coast of Hol- 
land, rare in France. Always settles on stones.(1) 
Anrenaria, Bechst.—Catipris, Vig. 
The Sanderlings resemble the Sandpipers in every point but one, 
viz. they have no thumb, as is the case with the Plovers. 
The species known, Charadrius calidris, Gm. Briss. V, pl. 
xx, § 2; Vieill. Gal. 254, is, in winter, greyish above; front and 
underneath white; blackish wings, varied with, white; Wils.,° 
VII, lix, A. In summer, its back is spotted with fa -colour 
and black, and its breast dotted with blackish, —Char. rubidus, 
Wils., VII, Ixiii, 3.(2) ° “> 
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The Pelidnz are merely small Sandpipers, with a bill somewhat 
longer than the head. The edging”of their feet is insensible. 
Tringa cinclus and alpina; Alouette de mer (The Sea-Lark), is 
a third smaller than the Great Sandpiper, and like it, in winter, 
(1) Add of European species: 7'r. Temminckii, Leisler, Col. 41, 4;—T'r. minuta, 
Leis]. Naum. 21. f. 50. Of species foreign to that country: 7'r. lewcoptera, Gm., 
Lath. Syn. II, pl. lxxxii;—7'r. albescens, Tem. Col. 41, 1;—T'r. maculosa, Vieill. 
Dict.;x—T'r. pusilla, Wils., pl. xxxvii, 4. 
Add T'r. islandica, L., Wils. VII, p.. lvii, f. 2,5. Am. Ed. 
(2) It has been confounded with the 4lowette de mer, in its winter plumage, 
otherwise the little Sandpiper, or 7'r. arenaria. Brisson, in particular, gives the 
figure of the one, and the description of the other. The Calidris tringozdes, 
Vieill. Gal. 234, seems to be a bad figure of this bird in its summer livery. 
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