456 



GREY SANDPIPER. Class II. 



191. Grey. Le piuvier gris. Belon a<v* 



262. 

 Pivier montane Aldr. a-v. III. 



207. 

 Wil. orn. 309. 

 Rati fyn a<v. III. 

 Tringa fquatarola. Lin. fyfi. 



252. 

 Faun. Suec. fp' 186. 



Vanellus grifeus, le Vanneau 



gris. Brijfon a<v. V. 1 00. 



tab. 9 fig. 1. 

 Piviero montano. Zinan, 102. 

 Bornholmis Floyte-Tyten, 



Doiken, Brunnicb, 176. 

 Br Xool. 122. Scopoli, No. 



145. 



Descrip. fT weighs feven ounces : the length to the tip of 



1 



the tail is twelve inches : the breadth twenty- 

 four : the bill black, about an inch long, ftrong 

 and thick : the head, back, and coverts of the 

 wings black, edged with greenifh afh-color, and 

 fome white : cheeks and throat white,' marked with 

 oblong dufky fpots: the belly and thighs white: 

 the exterior webs of the quil-feathers black : the 

 lower part of the interior webs of the four firft 

 white : the rump white : the tail marked with tranf- 

 verle bars of black and white : the legs of a dirty 

 green : the back toe very fmall. 



Thefe appear in fmall flocks in the winter time, 

 but are not very common : their flelh is very de- 

 licate. 



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