CuassIL BROWN SANDPIPER. 
two middle feathers the darkest ; the legs black ; 
the toes divided to their origin. In size it is 
superior to a lark. 
These birds are found on our sea coasts; 
but may be reckoned among the more rare 
kinds. They lay four eggs of a dirty white 
color, blotched with brown round the thicker 
end, and marked with a few small spots of 
the same color on the smaller end. I received 
the eggs from Denmark; but as I have shot 
these birds in Jay, and again in August, 
on the shores of Flintshire, suppose they breed 
with us; but I never discovered their nest. 
They are common on the Yorkshire coasts, and 
esteemed a great delicacy. 
Tringa fusca. Tr. pallide fus- bus alarum albido margina- 
ca nigro maculata subtus al- tis. Lath. Ind. orn. 733. id. 
ba, collo antice nigro stria- “Syn. Sup. 1. 250. 
to, cauda cinerea, tectrici- 
Tuts species is in the collection of Mr. 
Tunstal, and is of the size of a jack-snipe. 
The bill is black; the head, upper part of the 
neck, and back, are of a pale brown, spot- 
ted with black; the coverts of the wings 
dusky, edged with dirty white; the under side 
of the neck white, streaked with black; the 
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18. Brown. 
Descriv- 
TION. 
