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tail coverts. Secondaries, slightly tipped with white. ' Tail, 

 brown, black in the centre, the two middle feathers pointed 

 and somewhat longer than the others. A whitish streak 

 over the eye. Extent twelve and a half inches. On a 

 careful comparison with the smaller specimens of the Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper, I feel satisfied in my own mind that 

 the foregoing is only a larger individual of the same species. 

 It was a male bird. Measured nearly four inches from the 

 carpal joint, and one and one-tenth of an inch along the 

 upper mandible of the bill. The smaller specimens varied 

 from five and a half to six inches in length, with the bill 

 straight, and considerably thicker from the base to the 

 point. This agrees perfectly with Wilson's account. 

 These birds were very fat. 



August ist, 1848. — Mr. Wedderburn writes me word that 

 early this morning he- saw a Swallow {Hirundo rustled) 

 pass over his quarters in this immediate neighbourhood. 



August 2nd, 1848. — Mr. Marriott tells me he saw a flock 

 of Golden Plover yesterday, about thirty in number. They 

 were low down, and flying in a north-westerly direction 

 over his house. 



Examined a very fine male specimen of the Tringa 

 himantopus, the Long-legged Sandpiper of Audubon. This 

 bird was shot near Mangrove Bay by Mr. Wedderburn, who 

 reports that another of the same species was in company 

 with it, and also a larger bird, of which the name was un- 

 known to him. Length of present specimen, eight and 

 three-quarter inches ; carpal joint, five inches ; auriculars, 

 pale Indian red ; outer quill shaft, white ; tibia bare for an 



