SCHINTZ SANDPIPER. 99 



the long and pointed tertials are clear ash-grey ; the breast 

 and head spotted with dusky, the rest having only a narrow 

 shaft streak (as in our plate) the eyestreak, chin, and throat 

 are white, as well as the belly and under parts ; the small 

 coverts of the wings are brownish-grey, the quills dusky. 



In perfect adult summer plumage this bird also resembles 

 in a striking degree the above mentioned dunlin or purre : 

 it has the top of the head, back, scapulars, and tertials chest- 

 nut, marked in the centre of each feather more or less with 

 black : the nape, cheeks, and breast more distinctly spotted 

 with black on a grey and white ground ; the forehead, eye- 

 streak, chin, and throat pure white. The lower part of the 

 breast at this season is deep black, the edges of the feathers 

 tinged with grey. 



