Class II. BROWN SANDPIPER. 93 



two middle feathers the darkest ; the legs black ; 

 the toes divided to their origin. In size it is 

 superior to a lark. 



These birds are found on our sea coasts; 

 but may be reckoned among the more rare 

 kinds. They lay four eggs of a dirty white 

 color, blotched with brown round the thicker 

 end, and marked with a few small spots of 

 the same color on the smaller end. I received 

 the eggs from Denmark; but as I have shot 

 these birds in May, and again in August, 

 on the shores of Flintshire, suppose they breed 

 with us; but I never discovered their nest. 

 They are common on the Yorkshire coasts, and 

 esteemed a great delicacy. 



Tringa fusca. Tr. pallide fus- bus alarum albido margina- 18. Brown. 



ca nigro maculata subtus al- tis. Lath. Ind. orn, 733. id. 



ba, collo antice nigro stria- Syn. Sup. i. 250. 

 to, Cauda cinerea, tectrici- , : ■ 



XHIS species is in the collection of Mr. Descrip- 

 Tunstal, and is of the size of a jack-snipe. 

 The bill is black ; the head, upper part of the 

 neck, and back, are of a pale brown, spot- 

 ted with black ; the coverts of the wings 

 dusky, edged with dirty white ; the under side 

 of the neck white, streaked with black; the 



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