Crass Tl. SANDERLING PLOVER. 
inch long, weak and black; the head, and 
hind part of the neck, are ash colored, marked 
with oblong black streaks; the back and sca- 
pulars are of a brownish grey, edged with 
dirty white; the coverts of the wings, and 
upper parts of the quil feathers are dusky; 
the whole under side of the body is white, in 
some slightly clouded with brown. ‘The tail 
consists of twelve sharp pointed feathers of a 
deep ash color; the legs are black. 
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