CuassII. BLACK SANDPIPER. 
Tringa Lincolniensis’ Tr. al- ~~ rectricibusduabus interme- 
ba, supra maculis griseis fus- diis: toto nigtis. Lath. Ind. 
cisque varia, subtus macu- orn. 734. id. Sup. 3.251. 
lis oblongis fuscis et nigris, 
MER. Bolton favored us with a description of 
this species shot in Lincolnshire. 
It was the size of a thrush; the beak short, 
blunt at the point and dusky; the nostrils 
black; the irides yellow; the head small and 
flatted at top; the color white, most elegantly 
spotted with grey; the neck, shoulders, and 
back, mottled in the same manner, but darker, 
being tinged with brown; in some lights these 
parts appeared perfectly black and glossy; 
the wings were long; the quil feathers black, 
crossed near their base with a white line; the 
throat, breast, and belly white, with faint 
brown and black spots of a longish form, irre- 
gularly dispersed; but on the belly became 
larger and more round; the tail short, entirely 
white, except the two middle feathers, which 
were black; the legs long and slender, and of 
reddish brown color.* 
* Suspected by Mr. Montagu to be the young of his purple 
Sandpiper, the Selninger of the Arctic Zoology. En. 
VOL. II. G 
8k 
9g. Buacx. 
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