PLOVER. !97 



eimens from this place, as well as thofe from the Eaft Indies^ 

 differ, in having not only the crown, but all the hind part of the 

 neck, black ; and meafure fifteen inches in length*. 



Charadrius calidris, Liu. Sy/I. i. p. 255. 9. — Georgi Reife, p. 172. 4. 



Tringa arenaria, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 251. 16? SANDERLING. 



La petite Maubeche grife, Brif. Orn. v. p. 236. 17. pi. 20. fig. 2; 

 La Sanderling, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 532. 



Sanderling, or Curwillet, Raii Sjn. p. 4og. A. 11. — Will. Orn. p. 303.— 

 Jlbin, ii. pi -74. — Br. Z'ool. N° 212. pi. 73. — Ar£l. Zool. N° 403. 

 Lev. Muf. 



ENGTH eight inches: weight one ounce and three Description, 

 quarters: body flender. Bill one inch long, and black : the 

 fore part of the head, fides under the eyes, and beneath, from 

 chin to vent, white : through the eyes a greyifh ftreak : the up- 

 per part of the head, neck, and body, ftreaked with black : back 

 and fcapulars browniih grey, edged with dirty white: wing coverts 

 and quills dufky : tail affi-colour, with pale margins : legs black. 



The female is paler in fome parts than the male. Female. 



This fpecies is found in flocks on the fea-coafts of Cornwall, Place and 

 and has alfo been fhot in Lancajhire. Not frequent on the con- 

 tinent, except in the neighbourhood of Lake Baikal; but is more 

 plenty in Worth America-, as it abounds in the Seal Jffands on the 

 eoaft of Labrador. 



4. 

 ClZE of a Snipe. BilF one inch long, black: upper parts Var. A. 

 brownifh afh-colour, mixed with brown, and ftreaked with Description, 



• This is thecafe with the Mexican one; fee l'Echafls da Mexique, Brif, 

 Orn. v. p. 362. 



7 black: 



