Class IT. DUNLIN. 471 



web with a white fpot : the middle feathers of the 

 tail brown -, edges fpotted with black and pale red : 

 the exterior tipt and barred with white : the legs 

 of a dull pale green. 



Wil. orn. 205. Danis Domfneppe, Ryle. 205. Dtjn« 

 Raiifyn. a<v. 109. Brunnich, 167, & 173. lin. 



Tringa alpina. Lin. fyft. 249. Kleinfle Schnepfe, or Kleinfte 

 Faun. Suec. fp. 181. SandlceufFer. Frzfch, II. 



La BeccafTme d'Angleterre. " 241. 



Brijfon av. V. 309. Br, Zool. 126. t ah. fig. 2. 



^r^HIS fpecies is at once diflinguifhed from the Descrip. 



"^ others by the fingularity of its colors. The 

 back, head, and upper part of the neck are fer- 

 ruginous, marked with large black fpots : the low- 

 er part of the neck white, marked with fhort 

 dufky flreaks : the coverts of the wings afh color : 

 the belly white, marked with large black fpots, or 

 with a black crefcent pointing towards the thighs : 

 the tail afli colored, the two middle feathers the 

 darkeft : leo;s black : toes divided to their origin. 

 In fize it is fuperior to that of a lark. Thefe birds 

 are found on our fea coafts ; 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 fmall fpots 

 of the fame color on the fmaller end. I received the 

 eggs from Denmark \ but as I have {hot thefe birds 



in May, and again in Juguft, on the mores of 

 J i 3 Flintjhire, 



