262 SANDPIPER. 



The female differs but little : the throat white, and the belly with 

 more white than in the male. 



Inhabits Germany, seen in Thuringia, but not in plenty ; in the 

 summer frequents the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea ; also the 

 River Don, and more so about the mouth of the Choper ; is per- 

 petually running up and down on the sandy banks, picking up 

 insects, and small worms, on which it feeds: found also in Iceland; 

 is an occasional visitor to this kingdom, having appeared in great 

 flocks on the Coast of Essex, on the estate of Colonel Schutz. 



The Aberdeen Sandpiper, as mentioned by Mr. Pennant, is 

 thought to be a young bird, if not the female; but Col. Montagu 

 hints the probability its rather belonging to the Ruff.* It is not 

 confined to the European Continent, having been met with in 

 America, on the Coasts of Labrador, New York, and Nootka Sound. 



A. — A similar one, among the drawings of Sir John Anstruther, 

 corresponds in plumage; some of the second quills are crossed with 

 dusky bars ; bill and legs black ; and in the drawing, in which the 

 bill is open, the upper mandible seems serrated within. 



This is found on the Coromandel Coast, and called Purry, but 

 I observe, too, that others of the Genus are equally so called ; hence 

 it is probable, that this is a name in common, and not peculiar to 

 any one species. 



21— RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa rufa, Red-breasted Sandpiper, Amer. Orn. vii. 43. pi. 57. f. 5. 



THIS species is ten inches long. Bill one inch and an half, black; 

 chin, eyebrows, and breast, pale brownish orange ; crown, hindhead 



* The Knot is considered by Col. Montagu as the Red Sandpiper, in winter plumage. 



