70 YELLOW LEGGED SANDPIPER. Cuass IL 
the four first white; the rump white; the tail 
marked with transverse bars of black and 
white ; the legs are of a ey green; the back 
toe very small. 
These appear in small flocks in the winter 
time, but are not very common; their flesh is 
very delicate. 
Var. A.  Tringa Squatarola. 8. Tr. ros- Tringa varia. Gm. Lin. 682. 
tro pedibusque nigris, cor- Le Vanneauvarié. Brisson av. 
pore fusco albovariegato,ab- —_—y. 103. tab. 9. f. 2. Pl. Enl. 
domine albo rectricibus fus- 923. 
co fasciatis. Lath. Ind orn. 
729. id. Syn. v. 169. 
(THIS variety is well represented in the 
Planches Enluminées : it is found on the coasts 
of Anglesey and Suffolk, and differs from the 
grey sandpiper in having the forehead, throat, 
and rump, white, and the upper tail coverts 
white edged with grey and pale yellow. Ep. 
3. Yentow ‘Tringa flavipes. Sandpiper, Yellowshanks Snipe. Arct. 
LEGGED. yellow-legged. Montagu orn. Zool. ii. 172. 
dict. App. 
(THIS addition to the British Zoology was pur- 
chased in the market at Bath, and is thus de- 
scribed by Mr. Montagu. 
Dzscrip- “* Length eleven inches and a half. Bill one 
m* inch and a half long, black half way from the — 
