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ORD. I. GEN. VI. SANDPIPER. 



SPE. XII. RED SANDPIPER. 



PI. 178. 



Tringa Iflandica. Lin. Syfi. Addend. 



The male of this fpecies meafures as far as ten inches in length. The bill 

 is brown, and a little incurvated : the crown of the head, fpotted with black 

 and ruft-colour : the lower fide of the neck, breaft, and belly, a full ruft- 

 colour, with a few duflcy fpots : the back, black, marked with ruft-colour : 

 the wing coverts, afh-coloured, mixed with duiky : the quills, dufky ; fecon- 

 daries, tipped with white : the two middle tail feathers, dufky 5 the others, afh- 

 coloured : the legs, long, and black. 



The Aberdeen fandpiper is fuppofed to be either the female of this fpecies, 

 or one in immature plumage. It is not very different on the upper parts : but 

 the breaft is of a reddifh brown, mixed with dufky ; belly, and vent, white : 

 while that above defcribed has the whole under fide ruft-coloured, with more 

 or lefs dufky fpots. 



The red fandpiper has appeared in great flocks on the coafts of Eflex, and of 

 Aberdeenfliire in Scotland. It is common on the coafts of America, at New 

 York, Labrador, and Nootka Sound j as it alfo is in Iceland, and many of the 

 northern parts of Europe. 



