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brown, the prevailing colour, indeed, of the eggs of most of 
the Scolopacide. Its geographical distribution is very ex- 
tensive, as the species appears to be the same in all the four 
quarters of the globe. In addition to the specimens hitherto 
recorded, a male and female were killed a short time ago 
near Hartlepool, in the county of Durham; and two, in the 
collection of Sir Witt1am JARDINE, were shot. upon the 
coast in Dumfriesshire. It runs with great quickness, and 
feeds upon insects, worms, &c. for which it probes the sand 
by the water’s edge. 
Fig. 4, Represents this bird when beginning to lose the 
summer plumage, taken from a specimen killed on the 
Norfolk coast, in company with several others which had 
nearly acquired the winter garb, and presented to me 
by H. GirpiestTone, Esq. of Yarmouth. 
Bill black and deflected near the tip, its length one inch and 
three-eighths. Crown of the head blackish-brown, mar- 
gined with pale reddish-brown. Hind part of the neck 
reddish-brown, streaked with hair-brown. Back and 
scapulars black, deeply bordered with reddish-brown, 
the tips of the feathers fading into yellowish-grey, and 
much worn by the action of the weather, &e. Wing- 
coverts pale hair-brown, margined with greyish-white. 
Quills hair-brown, with white shafts. Upper tail-coverts 
white, barred with black. Forehead, eye-streak, chin, 
and throat white, mixed with pale orange-brown. Under 
parts orange-brown, with a few white feathers inter- 
mixed ; shewing the commencement of the winter plum- 
age. Under tail-coverts white, with arrow-shaped black 
spots. Legs black, much longer than those of the Dun- 
hin, and naked for half an inch above the tarsal joint. 
Wings, when closed, reaching a little beyond the tail. 
Fig. 5. Is a young bird of the year, acquiring the winter 
plumage. 
Food. 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
Summer 
plumage. 
