SANDPIPER.. 



white, varied with dufky and chefnut fpots : the two middle tail 

 feathers cinereous, edged with white j the reft the fame, but 

 darker : the outer feathers marked lengthways on the exterior 

 web with a white line : legs greenifh. 



Inhabits France, the north of Ruffia, and Sibiria* 



175 



Place* 



La Manbeche grife, Brif. Orn. v. p. 235. 16. pL 21. fig. 2. — Buf. Oif. viu 

 p. 531.— PL Enl. 366. 



IZE of the freckled Sandpiper: length nine inches and a 

 quarter. Bill more than one inch, and black : the plumage 

 above is grey, the feathers with paler edges ; but thofe of the 

 upper part of the back and fcapulars plain grey ; of the rump 

 pale grey, marked with a double brown band parallel to the 

 margin, which is white : the under parts are white j but the fea- 

 thers of the neck, breaft, and fides, marked with a waved brown 

 band parallel to the edge j and thofe of the belly with a longitu- 

 dinal brown line near the end : quills brown, edged with a paler 

 colour; the ten firft with white fhafts : the fecondaries grey ; and 

 the five next the body marked with a brown band parallel to the 

 margin : tail grey, with white margins ; and parallel to them a 

 deep grey band : the legs black. 



Inhabits Europe: found among its congenera on the fea 

 coafts.. 



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