LONG-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 335 
Bill black. Iris brown. Feet dull yellowish-green, claws black. 
The upper parts are brownish-black, the feathers margined with red- 
dish-white, the edges of the scapulars with serriform markings of the 
same; rump and upper tail-coverts white, transversely barred with 
dusky ; tail light grey, the feathers white at the base and along the 
middle. Primary quills and their coverts brownish-black, the inner 
tinged with grey, the shaft of the outer primary white, secondaries 
brownish-grey, margined with reddish-white, the inner dusky. A broad 
whitish line over the eye ; loral band dusky ; auriculars pale brownish- 
red; fore part and sides of neck, greyish-white, tinged with red, and 
longitudinally streaked with dusky ; the rest of the lower parts pale 
reddish-brown, transversely barred with dusky ; the middle of the breast 
and the abdomen without markings. Dimensions of five individuals. 
Length to end of tail, 82 81 B 8 7 
Bee pig ch? © (oe Se wings, 91 83 81 83 83 
PP etic tgp + oppo claws, Td, 108. 0 103 103 
Extent of wings, 162 16 Lage) Lape 6 
Weight of an individual, 22 oz. 
Female. Plate CCCXLIV. Fig. 2. 
The female is considerably larger, but otherwise resembles the 
male. Dimensions of five individuals. 
Length to end of tail, ; 103 +11 93 103 84 
ee wings, 11 102 118 113. = 103 
= See ee claws, ’ 1383 123 114 122 113 
Extent of wings, : 18 163 16% PGA sulif2 
Weight of two en 4 oz., 34 oz. 
The winter plumage differs considerably ; the bill, iris, and feet, are 
as above. ‘The upper parts are brownish-grey, the head narrowly 
streaked with dusky ; the rump as in summer; the seapulars plainly 
margined with whitish; the quills as in summer. The band over the 
eye lighter, the loral space grey; the fore part and sides of the neck 
greyish-white, longitudinally streaked with grey, the sides similar, and 
with the lower tail-coverts barred with grey, the rest of the lower parts 
white. 
Length to end of tail in a male 9 inches ; extent of wings 164; wing 
