39 o SCOLLOP TOED SANDPIPER. ClafsIL 



Sedion II. FINNED FOOTED 

 BIRDS. 



Genus VIII. Scollop toed Sandpipers. 

 I. The GREY SCOLLOP TOED SANDPIPER. 



Grey Coot footed Tringa. EJiv. Tringa Lobata. Lin.JyJi. 249. 



a<u. 308. Faun. Suec.fp. 179. 



Phil, tranf. vol. 50. Brunnicb. 171. 



Le Phalarope. Brijfonav. vi. 12. Br. Zoo/. 126. 



Defer / "T A HIS is about the fize of the common Purre, 

 •*• weighing one ounce. The bill black, not quite 

 an incn long, flatted on the top, and channeled on 

 each fide ; and the noftrils are placed in the channels : 

 the eyes are placed remarkably high in the head : the 

 forehead is white : the crown of the head is covered 

 with a patch of a dusky hue, fpotted with white and 

 a pale reddifh brown ; the reft of the head, and whole 

 under part of the neck and body are white : the upper 

 part of the neck is of a light grey : the back and 

 rump a deep dove color, marked with dusky fpots : 

 the edges of the fcapulars are a dull yellow : the 

 coverts dusky •, the lower or larger tipt and edged 

 with white : the eight firft qui! feathers dusky ; the 

 fhafts white j tiie lower part of the interior fide white: 

 the fmaller quil feathers are tipt with white : the 

 wings clofed, reach beyond the tail : the feathers ort 

 the back are either wholly grey or black, edged on 

 each fide with a pale red: the tail is dusky, edged 



with 



