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13— UNIFORM SANDPIPER. 



Tringa uniformis, Ind. Om. ii. 732. Gm. Lin. i. 678. 

 Uniform Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 173. Arct. ZooL ii. 482. H. 



THIS Species has a short black bill ; plumage in general 

 uniform, pale ash-colour. — Inhabits Iceland. 



14,— GRISLED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa grisea, Ind. Om. ii. 733. Gm. Lin. i. 681. Tern. Man. 405. 

 Calidris grisea, Bris. v. 233. t. 21. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 272. Fn. Helv. 

 Maubeche grise, Buf.vn. 531. PI. ml. 366. 

 Grisled Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 175. 



LENGTH nine inches and a quarter. Bill black; plumage 

 above grey, the edges of the feathers paler ; but those of the back 

 and scapulars plain grey ; of the rump pale grey, with a double 

 bro%vn band parallel to the margin, which is white; under parts 

 white ; the feathers of the neck, breast, and sides, marked with a 

 waved brown band, parallel to the edge ; and those of the belly 

 have a longitudinal brown line near the end ; quills brown, with 

 paler edges; the shafts of the ten first white; the secondaries grey, 

 the five next the body marked with a brown band, parallel to the 

 margin ; tail grey, margined with white, and banded in the same 

 manner with grey; legs black. 



Inhabits Europe. Found with others on the sea coasts. 



15.— ASH-COLOURED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa cinerea, Ind. Orn; ii. 733. Gm. Lin. i. 673. Brun. No. 179. Muller, No. 



202. Frisch, t. 237. Tern. Man. 405. Id. Ed. 2d. 627. 

 An Numenii forte Species, in Etruria Chiurlino, Gerin. iv. t. 456. 

 Der aschgraue Strandlaufer, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 186. 



