3 YELLOW LEGGED SANDPIPER. Class IL 



the four first white ; the rump white ; the tail 

 marked with transverse bars of black and 

 white ; the legs are of a dirty green ; the back 

 toe very small. 



These appear in small flocks in the winter 

 time, but are not very common ; their flesh is 

 very delicate. 



Var. A. Tringa Squatarola. /S. Tr. ros- Tringa varia. Gm. Lin. 683. 



tro pedibusque nigris, cor- Le Vanneau varie. Brissonav. 



pore fusco albo variegato, ab- v. 103. tab. Q.f. 2. PL Enl. 



domine albo rectricibus fus- 923. 

 CO fasciatis. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 729. id. Syn. v. 169. 



[THIS variety is well represented in the 

 Planches EnlmtiinSes : it is found on the coasts 

 of Anglesey and Suffolk, and differs from the 

 grey sandpiper in having the forehead, throat, 

 and rump, white, and the upper tail coverts 

 white edged with grey and pale yellow. Ed. 



3. Yellow Tringa flavipes. Sandpiper, Yellowshanks Snipe. Arct. 

 LEGGED. yellow-legged. iWow^cgMorw. Zoo/, ii. 172. 



diet. App. 



[THIS addition to the British Zoology was pur- 

 chased in the market at Bath, and is thus de- 

 scribed by Mr. Montagu. 

 Descrip- " Length eleven inches and a half Bill one 

 inch and a half long, black half way from the 



