478 .. ARMED AND SWISS SANpPlPER. 



3051 Armec Le Vanneau artne de la Louifiane, Eriffon, iv. 114. tab, viii. — De Bi/ffon, viii. 



65.— f/. i?a/. 835. — Latham. i\i. 



V/ith an orange bill, deprefled in the middle : on each fide of 

 the bafe is a thin naked fkin of a light orange-color, which 

 rifes above the forehead, extends beyond each eye, and falls, in 

 form of a pointed w^attle, far below the chin : crown duflcy : hind 

 part of the neck, back, rump, fcapulars, and coverts of the 

 wings, of a duflcy grey : from the chin to the vent white, tinged 

 with tawny : primaries moftly black : the fore part of the wing is 

 armed with a lliarp fpur, a moft offcnfive weapon : the tail fliort, 

 whitifh, crofied near the end v/ith a black bar, and tipt vi^ith white: 

 legs long, and of a deep red. Length, ft-om bill to tail, above ten 

 inches. Extent about two feet two. 

 Flace. Inhabits LouJfiana, 



m6, Swiss. Tringa Helvetica, Lin, Syfi. 250. — Le Vanneau Suiffe, Be BuJ'on, viii. 60. — ■ 



Fl. Enl. 853. 



Vanellus Helveticus, BrlJJhn, v. io6. tab. x. — Latham, 'in. — Lev. Mus.-— 

 Bl. Mus, 



S. ^'^"^ ^ ftrong bill an incTi long, deprefled in the middle : front 

 and fides of the head white ; hind part fpotted with black and 

 white : cheeks, under fide of the neck, breaft, and belly, black : 

 thighs and vent white : primaries black : back, coverts of wings, 

 and the tail, white, barred with black -: legs black : back toe very 

 fmall. Size of a Lapwing. 

 Place. Inhabits the coaft of Co7ine51icut and Hudfori's Bay. Vifits the laft 



in the fpring. Feeds on berries, infeds, and worms. Retires in 

 September. Breeds alfo in the ArSik flats of Sihiria ; and, in the time 

 of migration, appears in all parts of the fouth of Rujfia and Sikiria.. 

 Is found in France and Swijferland, 



