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fig. 4; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 185; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 42. figs. 3, 4; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 328; id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 68; id. B. of Austral, vi. p. 32; 

 Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 230; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 333. 



Ad. ptil. ast. pileo, collo postico, dorso et scapularibus ferrugineis nigro notatis, plumis vix cinereo-albo 

 marginatis : uropygio saturate cinereo : supracaudalibus albis vix ferrugineo lavatis et versus apicem 

 nigro transfasciatis : Cauda, cinerea, rectricibus albido anguste marginatis : remigibus nigro-fuscis, 

 scapis albis, secundariis extus albo marginatis : tectricibus alarum sordide cinereis, pallidiore mar- 

 ginatis : area ad basin rostri cinereo-alba, : capitis lateribus, gula, gutture et corpore subtiis saturate 

 ferrugineis, abdominis plumis albido marginatis, abdomine imo et bypocbondriis nigro notatis : sub- 

 caudalibus supracaudalibus concoloribus : rostro et pedibus nigricanti-viridibus : iride fusca. 



Ad. ptil. hiem. pileo,collo postico, dorso et tectricibus alarum sordide cinereis, plumis centraliter linea saturate 

 cinerea notatis : uropygii plumis saturate cinereis, albo marginatis : supracaudalibus albis : alis et cauda 

 sicut in ptilosi sestivali picturatis : capitis lateribus et gula, albis saturate cinereo striatis : corpore 

 reliquo subtiis albo. 



Juv. pileo et collo postico griseo-fuscis albido notatis : corpore et alis supra nigro-fnscis metallico nitentibus, 

 plumis albo et albo-cervino marginatis : alis, cauda, et corpore subtiis sicut in ptilosi hiemali picturatis, 

 sed gutture et bypocbondriis ocbraceo-cervino lavatis. 



Adult in summer (Barcelona, Spain, May). Crown, bind neck, back, and scapulars ricb ferruginous or 

 fox-red, broadly marked with black, and tbe featbers bere aDd tbere edged with greyish white; rump 

 dark grey ; upper tail-coverts white, barred towards the tip with black, and slightly marked with foxy 

 red ; tail ashy grey, with faint whitish margins ; quills brownish black with an ashy tinge, shafts white, 

 the secondaries with narrow external white margins ; wing-coverts dull ashy, with light edgings ; 

 feathers round the base of the bill greyish white ; sides of the head, neck, and underparts generally 

 rich deep ferruginous, or deep fox-red, the feathers on the abdomen slightly margined with greyish 

 white ; flanks and lower abdomen slightly marked with black ; under tail-coverts similar to the upper 

 tail-coverts ; bill and legs black with a greenish tinge ; iris deep brown. Total length about 7 inches, 

 culmen T5, wing 4 - 88, tail 2"35, tarsus 1"15. 



Adult in winter. Crown, hind neck, back, and wing-coverts dull dusty grey, most of the feathers with dark 

 shaft-stripes, which do not, however, show much ; rump blackish grey, the feathers margined with 

 white; upper tail-coverts white; wings and tail as in the summer plumage; sides of the head and 

 throat white, finely pencilled with dark grey ; rest of the underparts white. 



Young of the year (England, October) . Crown and hind neck greyish brown, varied with greyish white ; 

 upper parts generally blackish brown, with a metallic gloss, the feathers conspicuously margined with 

 white and buffy white ; rest of the plumage as in the adult winter dress ; but the throat and upper 

 flanks are washed with warm ochreous buff. 



This richly coloured Sandpiper, like the Knot, is very widely distributed throughout Europe, 

 Asia, and Africa during the whole of the year, except the breeding-season, and is also found, 

 though rarely, on the east side of the American continent. Curiously enough, though the bird 

 is so common at the seasons of passage, its breeding-haunts are undefined, and its nest and eggs 



