260 SANDPIPER. 



A. — Length twelve inches. Bill one inch and a quarter, black ; 

 the mandibles recede from each other somewhat in the middle; top 

 of the head black, spotted with pale rufous ; neck behind dusky 

 white, marked with dusky streaks down the shafts ; lower part, and 

 most of the back, blackish, the latter marked with a pale ferruginous 

 spot on each side of the webs ; rump and upper tail coverts cinereous 

 white, marked with curved lines of black, more straight on the 

 coverts; the forehead, sides, and beneath from chin to the thighs, 

 pale ferruginous ; vent and under tail coverts white, with a ferru- 

 ginous tinge, and here and there a dusky spot; wing coverts and 

 second quills cinereous, streaked down the shafts with black; prime 

 quills black, with white shafts; tail of twelve feathers, pale ash- 

 colour; legs black. «_ 



I received a specimen of the last described from the late Mr. 

 Hutchins, who had it from Hudson's Bay. These are probably 

 allied to the Knot. 



19.-DUSKY SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Calidris, Lid. Orn. ii. 732. Lin. i. 252. Gm. Lin.i. 681. Bris. y. 226. t. 



.20. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 270. Fn. Helv. 

 La Maubeche, Bvf. vii. 529. pi. 31. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. p. 627. 

 Der grune Strandlaufer, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 181. 

 Dusky Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 174. 18. Lin. Trans, xi. p. 176. 



SIZE of the Redshank ; length nine inches and a quarter. Bill 

 one inch and a half long, black, with a pale base ; plumage above 

 brownish black, the feathers margined with pale chestnut; rump 

 cinereous brown, streaked transversely with black, the margins of 

 the feathers white; under parts of the body chestnut; sides streaked 

 transversely pale chestnut and white ; tail greyish brown, all except 

 the two middle feathers margined with white ; legs brown, outer and 

 middle toe united to the first joint. 



