ORDER GRALLiE. 375 



Probably White Avoset, Penn. Scolopax Alho, Lin. 

 Limosa Ca7idida, Brisson. PL Enl. 873. Edw. 

 t. 139. North America. 



They form the genus Glottis of Ch. Bonaparte. 



The Sandpipers. Calidris. Cuv. Tringa. Temm. 



Have the bill depressed at the end, and the nasal 

 furrow very long, like the godwits ; but the bill, in 

 general, is not longer than the head. The toes, 

 slightly bordered, are not palmated between their 

 bases, and the thumb is hardly of sufficient length 

 to touch the ground. Their legs moderately long, 

 and their contracted shape, give them a heavier gait 

 and aspect than the godwits. They are also much 

 smaller. 



The Grisled Sandpiper , Lath. Tringa Grisea, Tr. 

 Cinereay and Tr. Canutits, Gm. Enl. 366. Edw. 

 276. Wils. vii. Ivii. 2. 



In its winter plumage, it is ashen above and white 

 underneath ; spotted with blackish on the front of 

 the neck and on the breast. In its summer plumage 

 ( Tr. Islandica, Gm. or Tr. Rufa, Wilson, vii. Ivii. 

 5), it has the upper parts spotted with fulvous and 

 blackish, the imder parts red. The Tr. NcBvia, 

 Enl. 365, is an intermediate state; the coverts of 

 the tail are always white, striped with blackish, 

 and its quills are grey. It is nearly the size of a 

 snipe. 



