BAY-BIRDS. 385 



Ox-Ete. 



Tringa Semipalmata, Wils. 



" Specific Character. — Bill rather stout, broad 

 towards the point ; along the gap about one inch ; 

 length of tarsi seven-eighths of an inch; bill and 

 iegs black ; toes half webbed. Adult with the bill 

 slender, about the length of the head — dark-green, 

 nearly approaching to black ; head, sides, and hind- 

 part of neck ash-grey, streaked with dusky ; upper 

 parts blackish-biown, the feathers edged with 

 greyish- white ; secondary coverts tipped with white; 

 primary coverts brownish-black, as are the feathers 

 1)11 the rump ; upper tail-coverts the same ; wing- 

 auills dusky, their shafts white ; tail-feathei-s ash- 

 grey, the inner webs of the middle pair much darker ; 

 over the eye a white line ; lower parts white ; legs 

 black. Length six inches and a half, wing four." — 

 Giraud. 



This and the following variety are generally con- 

 founded by bay-men ; and being too small to 

 demand much consideration, and never shot un- 

 less huddled together, so that a large number 

 may be bagged, they are called promiscuously by the 

 Olid name ox-eye. They are fat, and almost as good 

 eating when in prime order as the reed-bird. 



Ox-Etb. 



Wilson's Sandpiper. 

 Tringd Pusilla, Wila. 



" Specific Character. — Bill along the gap three- 



