388 CLASS AVES. 



and more slender legs. In summer its back is brown, 

 with irregular black spots ; its belly is white, and it 

 has brown spots under the neck and breast. In 

 winter the mantle becomes uniform grey, and the 

 under part of the body white. The stripes of the 

 tail are irregular, and parallel to the edges. 



See PI. Enl. t. 876; the Green-legged Sandpiper, 

 probably the Long-legged Sandpiper of Montague, 

 Orn. Diet. Supt. Totanus Grallatorius, Ste- 

 phens, 



Green Sandpiper, Tringa Ochropus, L. Enl. 

 843. 



Bronzed, blackish above, the edge of the feathers 

 pointed with whitish ; white beneath, spotted with 

 grey in front of neck and on sides. Three black 

 bands only on the lower part of the tail; feet 

 greenish, still smaller than the preceding two. 

 It is a good game, common on the banks of our 

 streams, though it lives there rather in a solitary 

 manner. 



The Totanus Ochropus, Temm. 



PFood Sandpiper, Tringa Glareola, Gm. 



Differs particularly from the last in having seven or 

 eight blackish stripes on the entire length of the 

 tail. The pale spots of the back are broader. In 

 winter, the small spots of the neck and breast almost 

 entirely disappear. 



