134 KNOT OR ASH-COLOURED SANDPIPER. 
and yellowish, and each feather with several spots of the latter and 
tipped with whitish ; the hind part of the back, rump, and upper tail- 
coverts, white, barred with black; wing-coverts ash-grey, edged with 
paler. Alula and primary-coverts brownish-black, tipped with white ; 
primaries similar, their shafts and the outer margins of all excepting 
the first three, white, the inner webs towards the base light grey; se- 
condaries and their coverts grey, margined with white. Tail-feathers 
ash-grey tinged with brown, and narrowly edged with white. The 
sides of the head, fore part of neck, breast, and abdomen, rich brown- 
ish-orange; lower tail-coverts and feathers of the legs, white, each of 
the former with a central dusky narrow-shaped or elongated spot, axil- 
laries white barred with dusky ; lower wing-coverts dusky with white 
margins. 
Length to end of tail 103 inches, to end of wings 102, to end of 
claws 113; extent of wings 21; wing from flexure 7; tail 2,4; bill 
along the ridge 1,4, along the edge of lower mandible 14% ; tarsus 14; 
hind toe and claw ;4,; middle toe and claw 135. Weight 53 oz. 
The female is similar to the male, but considerably larger. 
Length to end of tail 102 inches. Weight 6 ounces. 
In Winter. Plate CCCXV. Fig. 2. 
Bill greenish-black, eye of a darker brown. Feet dull yellowish- 
green ; claws dusky. ‘The upper parts are deep ash-grey, each feather 
margined with whitish ; feathers of the rump greyish-white, upper tail- 
coverts white, barred with dusky. The quills and tail feathers as in 
summer. A band from the bill over the eye to the hind part of head, 
white; loral space, cheeks, and sides of neck pale grey, streaked with 
darker ; throat and lower parts in general, white; the sides, axillar fea- 
thers, and under wing-coverts, barred or spotted with dusky ; lower tail- 
coverts as in Summer. 
The young in autumn are of a dull light brownish-grey colour above, 
each feather having a narrow whitish margin, within which is a dusky 
line. The fore part and sides of the neck, and the fore part of the breast 
dull greyish-white, with small dusky-grey longitudinal streaks ; the band 
over the eye indistinct, the loral space darker. The bill and feet are of a 
duller tint, and the eye darker, than in the adult in winter. Weight 4; oz. 
