230 SNIPE. 



head, back, scapulars, lesser wing, and upper tail coverts white, 

 with transverse rufous grey streaks ; greater wing coverts dirty white; 

 fore part of the head, throat, and to the vent, also the rump, pure 

 white ; prime quills grey; secondaries and tail white, spotted trans- 

 versely with rufous grey ; legs orange. 



The above, from which Mr. Edwards drew his figure, was brought 

 from Hudson's Bay, but as no other specimen has occurred, I suspect 

 it not to be a distinct species, probably a Variety of our Redshank. 



M. Azara mentions a White Bird, found in Paraguay, under the 

 name of Chorlito aux Pieds rouges,* and is compared to the above 

 White Redshank ; but this seems doubtful, as it measures only eight 

 inches and a half in length, and the other eleven ; the bill in his, 

 too, is only ten and a half lines ; that of the Redshank two inches. 

 I suspect, therefore, that his bird may more probably be a Variety 

 of a Sandpiper, but of what species is uncertain. 



42.— GAMBET SNIPE. 



Tringa Gambetta, Lid. Orn. ii. 728. Lin. i. 248. Faun. Suec. No. 177. Scop. i. No. 



142. Gm. Lin. i. 671. Gerin. t. 463. 

 Calidris Gambetta, Gerin. v. t.465. 

 Tringa variegata, Brun. No. 181. Muller, No. 204. 

 Totanus ruber, Bris. v. 192. Id. Svo. ii. 262. 

 Gambetta, Rail, 107. 2. Will. p. 222. Id. Engl. 300. §. II. Klein, 101. I. (alia). 



Bechst. Deuts. iii. 143. 

 Red-legged Horseman, Alb. ii. pi. 68. 

 Gambet Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 167. Br. Zool. ii. No. 198. pi. 70. Id. 1812. ii. 82. 



pi. 15. f. 2. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 394. Lewin, v. pi. 168. Bewick, ii. 102. Orn. 



Diet. Sf Supp. 



SIZE of the Greenshank ; length twelve inches. Bill reddish, 

 with a black tip ; the irides yellowish green; head, back, and breast, 

 cinereous brown, spotted with dull yellow ; belly white ; wing coverts 

 and scapulars cinereous, edged with dull yellow ; the prime quills 

 yellow ; shaft of the first white ; tail dusky, bordered with yellow ; 

 legs yellow. 



* Voy. V.iv. No. 402. 



