280 BAY-BIKDS. 



red, the centre of each feather black, which vMor 

 occupies a large portion of the scapulars ; wing- 

 coverts and quills greyish-brown ; the bases and tips 

 of the secondaries and parts of the outer webs of 

 the middle primaries, white ; forehead, sides of thi- 

 head, and hind neck, pale reddish-grey, streaked 

 with dusky ; fore neck and upper pai't of breasi 

 greyish-white, streaked with dusky; on the lower 

 part of the breast a large black patch ; abdomeii 

 white; lower tail coverts white, marked with dusky; 

 tail light-brownish grey, streaked — the central lea- 

 thers darker. 



" "Winter dress, upper parts brownish-grey ; tliroai, 

 greyish-white ; fore part and sides of jieck, sides ol" 

 the head, and sides of the body, pale brownish-grey, 

 faintly streaked with darker ; rest of the lower part* 

 white. Length, seven inches and a half; wing, four 

 and an eighth." — Giraud. 



Long-Leggbd Sandpipee- 



Peep, Blind Snipe, Frost Snipe, Stilt. 



Tririgd Himantopus. 



This bird also is nameless : it is rare, although 1 

 have killed quite a number of them, and I believe ii> 

 numbers are increasing ; it rarely consorts in flocki? 

 of more than five or six, stools i-eadily, and is often 

 mistaken for the yellow-legs. 



" Specific Character. — Bill about one-third longer 

 than the head, slightly arched ; length of tarsi, oni? 

 inch and three-eigiiths. Adult, with the upper parr- 



