372 GREEN SANDPIPER. Clafs II. 



X. The GREEN SANDPIPER. 



■Cinclus. Belon am. 216. Faun. Suec./p. 180. 



Gallinse aquatics fecunda fpecies Le BeccafTeau ou Cul-blanc, 



de nov. adjeit. Gcfner av. Tringa. Brijfion wv. v. 177. 



511. tab. 16. fig. 1; 



Giarolo, Gearonsello. Aldr. av. J)an:s Horfe-Gioeg. IJlandis 



iii. 185. Hroffagaukr. Nor<vegis Skodde 



The Tringa of Aldiovqnd. Wil. Foil, Skodde-Fogl. Jord- 



or/f. 30c, geed. Makkre - Gouk, Roes 



'Raiifyn. a<v. 108. jouke. Brunnkb 183. 



Tringa cchroput. Lin.fyjl, 251. Br. Zool. 125. 



TTIS beautiful fpecies is not very common in 

 Defer ^ thefe kingdoms. The head and hind part of 

 the neck are of a brownifh afh-color, ftreaked with 

 white-, the under part mottled with brown and white: 

 the back, fcapulars, and covert of the wings are of a 

 dusky green, gloffy and refplendent as fiik, and ele- 

 gantly marked with ("mail white fpots : the leffer 

 quil-feathers of the fame colors i the under fides of 

 the wings are black, marked with numerous white 

 lines, pointing obliquely from the edges of the feather 

 to the ihaft, repreisnting the letter V. the rump is 

 white •, the tail of the fame color : the firft feather 

 plain, the fecond marked near the end with one black 

 fpot, the third and fourth with two, the fifth with 

 three, and the fixth with four. 



Except in pairing time, it is a ioUtary bird : it is 

 never found near the fea ; but frequents rivers, lakes* 

 and other frefh waters. In Frame it is highly 

 efteemed for its delicate tafte -, and is taken witii 

 limed twigs placed near its haunts, 



Mr, 



