144 GRALLATORES. TRINGA. TRINGA. 
Fic. 4. Of the natural size. 
General Chin, throat, front of the neck, and breast, pale ochreous 
descrip- bide atau’ : ; ‘ 
fae inclining to sienna, yellow. Sides of the neck and nape 
spotted with brown. Abdomen, flanks, and under tail- 
coverts, white, dashed with yellow. Front part of the 
under surface of the wings rufous brown, the other 
parts spotted; under coverts white. Shafts of the pri- 
mary quills on their under surface pearl-white; outer 
web dusky; the mner one pale hair-brown, plain on 
the part next to the shaft, but having its other half 
elegantly mottled with dark specks. Secondary quills 
mottled at their base, and ending in distinct sabre- 
shaped points, presenting, as Mr Yarrext observes, a 
regular series of lines, formed by alternating shades of 
white, black, and dusky bands, well defined, and exhi- 
biting a beautifully variegated appearance peculiar to 
the species. Back blackish-brown, with the margins of 
the feathers paler. Scapulars and tertials blackish- 
brown, margined with pale reddish-brown. Tail-co- 
verts brown, with paler edges. Tail cuneiform, the 
centre feathers black, those on each side hair-brown, 
enclosed by a zone of black, and edged with white. 
Bill black. Legs brown, and bare for about half an 
inch above the tarsal joint. 
TEMMINCK’S TRINGA. 
Trinca Temuincku, Leisl. 
PLATE XXVII.* Fries. 1; 2. 
Tringa Temminckii, Leis/er, Nachr. zu Bechst. Naturg. Deut. Heft 1. 65. 
—Temm. Man. d@’Ornith. 2. 622. 
Tringa pusilla, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 737. but not the 7ringa pusilla of Linn. 
—Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 108. sp. 154. 
Pelidna pusilla, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 101. 
Pelidna Temminckii, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 103. 
Becasseau Temmnia, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 622.; ejusd. Pl. Col. 
Little Sandpiper, Mont. Ornith. Dict. App.—Lath. Syn. 5. 184. 32. 
Temminck’s Dunlin, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 101. 
Temminck’s Knot or Sandpiper, ox, Syn. of Newcastle Mus. p. 14. 
