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ORD. I. GEN. VI. SANDPIPER. 



S P E. IV. GREY SANDPIPER. 



PI. 170. 



Tringa Squatarola. Lin. Syfl. I. p. 252. 

 Le Vanneau gris. Brif. Orn. V. p. 100. 



This fpecies is twelve inches in length, twenty-four in breadth, and weighs 

 feven ounces. The bill is black, and ftrong : the feathers of the head, back, 

 and wing coverts, are black, edged with greenifh am-colour and fome white : 

 the cheeks and throat, white, with a few dufky ftreaks : belly, and thighs, 

 white : outer webs of the quills, black j the lower part of the inner webs of 

 the firft four, white: rump, white: tail, barred black and white: legs, dirty 

 green : the hind toe, very fmall. 



It is feen in fmall flocks, in various parts of the coaft of England, in the 

 winter ; and unqueftionably breeds in fome parts of this country : for I have 

 met with it in the ifle of Sheppey in the breeding feafon, and taken its eggs, 

 a reprefentation of which is given in PI. XXXVII. Fig. 3. 



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