Class II. SANDERLING PLOVER. 107 



inch long, weak and black ; the head, and 

 hind part of the neck, are ash colored, marked 

 with oblong black streaks ; the back and sca- 

 pulars are of a brownish grey, edged with 

 dirty white; the coverts of the wings, and 

 upper parts of the quil feathers are dusky; 

 the whole under side of the body is white, in 

 some slightly clouded with brown. The tail 

 consists of twelve sharp pointed feathers of a 

 deep ash color ; the legs are black. 



