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the refidence of Brcradwood, efq. — Beauties of 



England and Wales, vol. vii. Hertfordihire, by E. W. 

 Brayley. 



TRINGA, Sand-piper, in Ornithology, the name of a 

 diftin6\ genus of birds, of the order of the Grails; the 

 diftinguilhing charafters of which are, that the beak is 

 roundifh, and of the length of the head ; the nollrils linear ; 

 •and that the feet have each four toes, the outmoft bein"- 

 generally connefted at bottom bv a fmall membrane. The 

 ipecies are numerous, and as follow. 



PuGXAx. With red bill and legs ; three lateral tail- 

 feathers unfpotted, and face granulated with flefhy papillae. 

 See Ruffe. 



Vanellus. With red legs, dependent creft, and black 

 breall. This is the lapwing or baftard plover of Ray, 

 Willughby, Pennant, &c. See Lapwing. 



Gambetta. With red bill and feet ; body variegated 

 with yellow and cinereous ; beneath white. This is the 

 totanus ruber of Briflbn, the totanus alter of Willughby 

 and Ray, and gambet of Pennant and Latham. 



Interpres. With red legs ; black body, varied with 

 •white and ferruginous ; and white bread and abdomen. 

 This is the arenaria of Brilfon, the Hebridal fand-piper of 

 Pennant, the turnftone or fea-dotterel of Ray, Willughby, 

 Latham, &c. See Turnstone. 



The Morinell/x, or tringa with red feet, blacki(h tail- 

 feathers, white at the bafe, grey body, and black breaft ; 

 or arenaria cinerea of Briflbn, is a variety. 



STRrATA. With bafe of bill and legs red ; tail-feathers 

 white with bands of brown, and many white tail-feathers. 

 This is the totanus ftriatus of Briffon, and ftriated fand- 

 piper of Pennant, &c. The totanus nsevius of Briffon is a 

 variety. 



BoNONiENSVS. With ochraceous legs ; long head and 

 neck ; body above black, and beneath white ; throat and 

 breaft marked with ferruginous fpots. The greater lapwing 

 of Latham. 



Macularis. With bafe of bill and legs incarnated ; 

 body fpotted ; eye-brows and double baud of the wings 

 •white. This is the turdus aquaticus of Briffon, the fpotted 

 tringa of Edwards, and the fpotted fand-piper of Pennant. 



Lobata. With fubulate bill, bent at the apex ; pin- 

 nated legs, and white undulated breaft : the grey coot-footed 

 tringa of Edwards, and grey phalarope of Pennant and 

 Latham. Of this there is a variety, white beneath, black 

 above, with yellowifti longitudinal ftreaks ; the band of 

 the wings white ; and legs lobated. 



Hyperborea. With fubulate bill, bent at the apex ; 

 pinnated legs ; cinereous breaft, and fides of the neck ferru- 

 ginous : the cock coot-footed tringa of Edwards, the (mall 

 cloven-footed gull of Willughby, and red phalarope of 

 Pennant and Latham. 



Erythropus. With red legs, front, rump and tail red 

 and white ; the body above and wings cinereous-brown ; 

 the abdomen ferruginous : the red-legged fand-piper ot 

 Latham. 



Alpina. Teftaceous-brown, with blackidi breaft ; 

 tail-feathers cinereous, whitifti ; legs brownifti. 



Helvetica. With black bill and legs ; beneath black ; 

 white vent ; tail-feathers white with black bands : .the 

 Swifs fand-piper of Pennant. 



OcHROPU.s. With the apex of the bill pointed ; legs 

 greenifti ; back brown and green ; aodomen and outermoft 

 tail-feathers white : the cinclus tertius of Aldr., Ray, and 

 Will., the ocrophus medius of Gefner, and green fand- 

 piper of Pennant and Latham. Of this there is a variety, 

 viz. Littorea, with fmooth bill, cinereous legs, and brown 



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tail-feathers : tlie (hore ftmd-piper of Pennant ; and alfo 

 another variety, with the back and wings cinereous, with 

 obfolcte whitifh fpots. 



Hypoleucos. Witli fmooth bill ; livid legs j body 

 cmereous with black ftreaks ; beneath white : the common 

 fand-piper of Ray, Willughby, and Pennant. 



Canutus. With fmooth bill ; cinereous legs ; firft tail- 

 feathers ferrated ; and the outer white unfpotted. This is 

 the knot of Pennant, &c. See Knot. 



Arenaria. With black bill and legs; grey body; 

 under and whole face white ; collars grey. 



Fasciata. With bill, vertex, hind part of the head, 

 fpot near the eyes, and abdomen, black ; front and rounded 

 tail white ; back cinereous ; feven firft tail-feathers white. 



CiNCXus. With bill and legs black ; collars white ; 

 tail and rump grey and brown. This is the leaft fnipe of 

 Ray and Sloane, the wagtail of Brown, the fanderling of 

 Albinus, and the purre of Pennant. The eiiiclus with 

 brown legs is a variety. 



Calidris. With bill and legs blackifh ; body beneath 

 olivaceous ; and rump variegated : the du(ky fand-piper of 

 Latham. 



Pusilla. With brown bill and legs ; body beneath 

 reddifli ; outer tail-feathers with a white fhaft, and varie- 

 gated rump ; the little fand-piper of Pennant ; found in 

 St. Domingo, north of Europe, and rarely in England. 



Glareola. With fmootli bill ; greenifti legs ; body 

 punftated brown and white ; breaft whitifti : the wood 

 fand-piper of Pennant and Latham ; found in Sweden. 



RuFicoLLis. With black legs; head above and neck 

 ftriated with ferruginous and black ; and ferruginous throat : 

 the red-necked purre of Latham. 



Squatarola. With black bill; greenifti legs; grey 

 body, beneath whitifti : the grey plover of Ray, Sec. and 

 grey fand-piper of Pennant and Latham. Of this there is 

 a variety, with black bill and legs ; body brown, variegated 

 with white ; tail-feathers white with brown bands. 



IsLANDlCA. With brown bill and legs ; body beneath 

 ferruginous ; fecondary tail-feather with a white margin : 

 the red fand-piper of Pennant. 



Cinerea. Cinereous ; beneath white ; legs obfcurely 

 green ; head with black fpots ; neck obfcurely virgated: 

 the afli-coloured fand-piper of Pennant and Latham. 



Atra. With black head and neck ; back and wings 

 brownifii, mixed with black; breaft and abdomen cinereous; 

 rump cinereous, undulated with white and black. 



Noveboracensis. Obfcure, beneath white ; breaft 

 fpotted with brown ; tail cinereous : New York fand-piper 

 of Pennant and Latham. 



Virgata. Obfcure, beneath white ; with yellowifti 

 legs ; head and neck obfcurely ftriated lengthwife with 

 white : ftreaked fand-piper of Latham. 



BoREALis. With brown bill and legs ; body above cine- 

 reous, beneath white ; tail and tail-foathers obfcurc. 



Nov^-terr.«. Above black, beneath a(h-white; bill, 

 fpurious wings, tail-feathers, and tail, black ; with cinereous 

 legs : Newfoundland fand-piper of Latham. 



Vahiegata. Above varied with brown, black, and 

 red ; front and throat pale ; neck and breaft ftreaked with 

 whitifti and black longitudinally ; abdomen white ; bill and 

 legs obfcure : variegated fand-piper of Latham. 



Glacialis. With pinnated yellowirti legs ; apex ot 

 black bill dilated ; cheeks and throat teftaceous ; body 

 above obfcure, beneath white : plain phalarope of Pen- 

 nant. 



Fusca. With bill, vertex, and legs pinnated and black ; 



body above brownifh and cinereous, beneath white ; throat 



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