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17.— FRECKLED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa ncevia, Incl. Orn. ii. 732. Gm. Lin. i. G81. 



Calidris nsevia, Bris. v. 229. t. 21. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 271. 



Glareola castanea, Klein, 105. 5. 



Maubeche tachetee, Bvf. vii. 531. PI. enl. 365. 



Freckled Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 174. Arct. Zoo/, ii. 480. B. 



THIS is a trifle less than the Redshank ; length nine inches. 

 Bill dusky; upper parts of the body ash-colour, spotted with red and 

 black ; the last glossed with violet ; beneath reddish white, varied 

 with dusky and chestnut spots; the two middle tail feathers cine- 

 reous, edged with white ; the rest the same, but darker ; the outer 

 ones marked lengthwise, on the exterior web, with a white line ; 

 legs greenish. 



Inhabits France, and the north of Russia and Siberia ; supposed 

 to be a Knot in its spring feathers, after the first moult. 



18.— SOUTHERN SANDPIPER. 



Tringa australis, Ind. Orn. ii. 737. Gm. Lin. i. 679. 

 Southern Sandpiper, Gen, Syn. v. 187. Id. Sup. 249. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill one inch and a half, black ; the 



upper part of the neck, back, and wings, are ash-coloured, mottled 



with brown, and with some spots of buflf, more numerous on the 



scapulars ; crown streaked with brown ; throat, neck before, and 



breast, pale rufous ; belly dirty white ; rump white, crossed with 



dusky bars; quills and tail dusky; the latter paler; upper tail 



coverts very long, almost reaching to the end of the tail ; legs black. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



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