Class II. GREY SANDPIPER. 



69 



half is of a pure white ; the legs are red ; the 

 irides hazel. 



The female is rather less than the male. 



Merret, in his Pifia.r* says, that there is 

 in Cormvall, a bird related to this; but less 

 than a thrush, having blue feathers, and a 

 long crest. 



Tringa Squatarola. Tr. rostro 

 nigro, pedibus virescentibus, 

 corpore griseo, subtus albido. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 729. id. Sijn. 

 V. 168. id. Sup. I. 248. 



Le pluviergris. Belon av. 202. 



Pivier montano. Aldr. av. iii. 

 207. 



Wil. orn. 300, 



Rail Syn, av. 111. 



Tringa Squatarola Gm. Lin. 

 682. 



Faun. Suec. sp. 186. 

 Vaiiellus griseus, le Vaniieau 



gris. Brisson, av. v. 100. 



tab. 9. Jig. 1. Hist. d!ois. 



viii. 68. PL Enl. 854. 

 Piviero montano. Zinan. 102. 

 Bornholmis Floyte-Tyten, Dol- 



ken, Brunnich, 176. 

 Scopoli, No. 145. 

 Br. Zool. 122. Arct. Zool. ii. 



182. 



Grey. 



VV EIGHS seven ounces; the length to the tip Descrip- 

 of the tail is twelve inches ; the breadth twenty- 

 four. The bill black, about an inch long, strong 

 and thick; the head, back, and coverts of the 

 wings black, edged with greenish ash color, and 

 some white ; the cheeks and throat white, marked 

 with oblong dusky spots ; the belly and thighs 

 white ; the exterior webs of the quil feathers 

 black ; the lower part of the interior webs of 



* P. 182. 



