ClafsII. SANDPIPER. 373 



Mr. Fleifcher favored us with a bird from Denmark, 

 which in allrefpecls rcfembied this, except that thu-fpots 

 were of a pale ruft color. Linnaus defcribes it under 

 ihe title of fringa Bttorea, bavin. Sttec. fp. 185. buc 

 we believe it does not differ fpecifically from that 

 above defciibed. 



XI. The SANDPIPER. 



Gallinula hypoleucos (Fyfleslin.) Snapp.n, Strandfktare. -Faun. 



Gefner a<v. coy. Suec.fp. 182. 



Aldr. a-v. iii. 182. Gtiinetta, la Guignette. Bnjfj* 



Wil. orn. 361. a-v. v. 183. tab. lb. fig. 1. 



Raiijyn a-v 10S. Nor-vegis der lille Myiltikkel. 



SandiaufFerl. Kram. 353. Bornholmis\f'\K\zxi.Brunnicb ij±. 



Tringa hypoleucos. Lin. fyjl. JSr, Zool. 125. 



250. 



'T^H I S fpecies agrees with the former in its man- 

 ners and haunts; but is more common: its 

 note is louder and more piping than others of this 

 genus. Its weight is about two ounces : the head is Q c fa m 

 brown, ftreaked with downward black lines ; the 

 neck an obfeure afh-color : the back and covert of the 

 wings brown, mixed with a glofTy green, elegantly- 

 marked with tranfverfe dufky lines : over each eye is 

 a white ftroke : the breaft and beliy are of a pure 

 white : the quil-feathers are brown, ihe fir ft entirely 

 lb, the nine next marked on the inner web with a, 

 white fpot : the middle feathers of the tail brown ; 

 the exterior tipt with wfyite : the legs of a dull pale 

 green. 



XII. The 



