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SELNINGER SANDPIPER. Cuass Il. 
8. Setnin- Tringa maritima. Tr. griseo Leems. 254. 
GER. 
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nigroque varia subtus alba, Sea Sandpiper. Lin. Tr. iv. 22. 
jugulo caudaqueobscuris rec- pl. 1. 
tricibus lateralibus quatuor Purple Sandpiper. Mont. orn. 
albo marginatis. Lath. Ind. dict.? ) 
orn. 731. 2d. Syn.y.173.id. Tringa nigricans. Lin. Tr. iv. 
Sup. ii. 312. . 40. pl. 2. 
Brunnich, 182. Arct. Zool. ti. 196. 
[THE Selninger Sandpiper is thus described 
by Mr. Pennant in the Arctic Zoology. 
“* Above varied with grey and black; the mid- 
dle of the back tinged with violet; forepart of 
the neck dusky ; lower part of the body white ; 
four outmost feathers on each side shorter than 
the rest, and edged with white; legs yellow.” 
The plumage of Sandpipers varies so much 
according to age and season, that it is difficult 
to ascertain the various species with precision, 
yet there is reason to believe that the above 
corresponds with the birds discovered by Mr. 
Markwich on the coast of Sussex in 1796, and 
described by him in the fourth volume of the 
Linnean Transactions. \ Ep. 
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