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ORD. I. GEN. VI. SANDPIPER. 



SPE. VIII. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa macularia. 

 La Grive d'Eau. 



PI. 174. 



Lin. Syjl. I. p. 249. 

 Irif. Orn. V. p. 255. 



This bird is the fize of a thrufh, and meafures nearly eight inches in length, 

 and fourteen in breadth. The bafe of the bill is reddifh, the reft duiky : over 

 the eyes, a ftreak of white : the plumage on the upper parts, greenifh brown, 

 marked with triangular black fpots, increafing in fize from the head, where 

 they are fmalleft, to the back : the rump, plain : the fhoulders, and wings, are 

 marked as the back, but the fpots are tranfverfe : the quill feathers, edged with 

 white toward the points : the under parts, white, with duiky fpots : the two 

 middle tail feathers, greeniih brown; the others, white, with duiky bars: the 

 legs, dufky flelh-colour. 



The female differs from the male only in having the belly void of fpots. 



This fpecies is very common in America ; but is met with in England only 

 now and then, on the coafts. Mr. Edwards mentions one having been fhot on 

 the coaft of Eflex. 



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