RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. 583 



in the centre, aud the scapulars barred with the same colour. The wing 

 coverts greyish-brown, as are the quills, the bases and tips of the secon- 

 daries and part of the outer webs of the middle primaries white. Tail 

 light brownish-grey, the two middle feathers darker. Forehead, sides of 

 the head and hind neck, pale reddish-grey, streaked with dusky ; fore 

 neck and anterior part of breast greyish-white, streaked with dusky ; on 

 the breast a large patch of brownish-black ; abdomen and lower tail-coverts 

 white, the latter with dusky markings. 



Length to end of tail 8^ inches, to end of wings 8/5 ; extent of wings 

 15, wing from flexure 4!^§ ; tail 2/^ ; bill along the ridge l^^, along the 

 edge of lower mandible lj% ; tarsus 1; middle toe |§, its claw ^^|. 

 Weight 3 oz. 



Adult in Winter. Plate CCXC. Fig. 2. 



The bill, feet and eyes as above •, the general colour of the upper 

 parts is brownish-grey, varying in different individuals in intensity of tint. 

 The wings and tail are as in summer. Throat greyish-white, sides of the 

 head and neck, and fore part of the latter, pale brownish-grey, faintly 

 streaked with darker, as are the sides ; the rest of the lower parts white, 

 with a few streaks on the breast. 



