LITTLE SANDPIPER, AKU RtTFFo ^ 479 



Br. Zool. ii. N* 207.— Tringa pufilla, Lin. Syjl. 252. — Oddinftiane Iflandis, 397, Littl% 

 Latham, iii. ^ 



C. With crown black : upper part of the plumage brown, edged 

 with black, and pale rufty brown : belly and breafb white : 

 tail dufky : legs black. Size of a Hedge Sparrow. 



Inhabits the north of Europe, Iceland, and Newfomdland. Ob- Placs» 



ferved alfo in Natka Sound. It is met with as far fouth as St. Do- 

 mingo *. Probably migrates there in the winter.. 



^- RuFr, Br. Zool. ii. N" 192. — Le Gombattant, ou Paon de mer, De Bufiia,vii. 521. r- 

 P/.£»/. 305^.306. — Latiam, iiu 

 Tringa pugnax, Brufliane, Faun. Suec. N" ly^.—Leemt Lapm. 246. — Lev, Mus.— 

 Bl. Mus. 



C, With a long ruff of feathers on the fore part and fides of the 

 neck ; and a long tuft on the hind part of the head : legs yel- 

 low. Reeves, or the females, are of a pale brown : back flightly 

 fpotted with black : breaft and belly white : neck fmooth. 



Inhabits the north of Europe in fummer, as far aa Iceland, and Ft ace, 



i& very common in the northern marfhes of i<!«j^a and 6'i^V/^. 



* Mrijon, T. 222, 



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