Class. II. LITTLE S AND PIPER. 4 ?-3 



fea coafts during the winter : in their flight they 

 perform their evolutions with great regularity -, ap- 

 pearing like a white, or a dusky cloud, as they turn 

 their backs or their breafts towards you. They 

 leave our fhores in fpring, and retire to fome un- 

 known place to breed. 



They were formerly a we'll known dim at £ur ta- 

 bles i known bv the name of Stints. 



THIS is the left of the genus, fcarcely equal- 207. Little, 

 ling a hedge fparrovv in fize. The head, 

 upper fide of the neck, the back, and coverts of 

 the wings brown, edged with black and pale ruf- 

 ty brown. Bread and belly white. 



The greater coverts dusky, tipt with white : the 

 primaries and fecondaries of the fame colors. The 

 tail dusky* Legs black. 



This fpecimen was communicated to me by the 

 Rev. Mr. Green, of trinity College, Cambridge s> 

 and was fhot near that place in September. It is 

 .common to North America and Europe. 



I i 4 HILL 



