Ciass II. LITTLE SANDPIPER. 
white; the greater coverts dusky, tipt with 
white; the upper part of the quil feathers 
dusky, the lower white; the two middle fea- 
thers of the tail dusky, the rest of a pale ash 
color, edged with white; the legs of a dusky 
green; the toes divided to their origin. The 
bill an inch and a half long, slender and black ; 
the irides dusky. 
These birds come in prodigious flocks on 
our sea coasts during the winter: in their flight 
they perform their evolutions with great regu- 
larity ; appearing like a white, or a dusky cloud, 
as they turn their backs or their breasts towards 
the spectator. They leave our shores in spring, 
and retire to some unknown place to breed. 
They were formerly a well known dish at our 
tables by the name of Szinés. 
Tringa pusilla. Tr. rostro pe- variegato. Lath. Ind. orn. 
dibusque fuscis, corpore sub- 737. id. Syn. v. 184. 
tus rufescente, rectricibus Montagu orn. dict. App. 
extimis scapo albo, uropygio  Arct. Zool. ii. 184. 
THIS is the lest of the genus, scarcely equal- 
ling a hedge sparrow in size. ‘The head, upper 
side of the neck, the back, and coverts of the 
wings are brown, edged with black and pale 
rusty brown; the breast and belly white; the 
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20. Litre. 
Descripr- 
TION. 
