274 SANDPIPER. 



barred with white, the bars meeting obliquely on each side of the 

 shaft, in the shape of the letter V; tail white, more or less barred 

 with dusky; the outer feathers least so ; legs greenish lead-colour, 

 slender; the outer and middle toes united at the base. No external 

 distinction of sex. 



This is common in many parts of Europe; for the most part a 

 solitary species, frequenting fresh waters, and streams ; seen in 

 England, from the middle of September* to the end of April, when 

 it departs Northward; probably breeds in Russia and Siberia, where 

 it is in great plenty ; is found also as far north as Iceland, and to the 

 south on the Isthmus of Gibraltar, but at the last place very rare]y 5 f 

 and not more than four or five ever seen together. With us are 

 generally seen single, except just before they leave us, when they now 

 and then appear in pairs; when disturbed, make a shrill, whistling 

 note. This bird has a musky kind of smell, not unlike that observed 

 in some of the Petrel Genus. 



This species extends to India, where it is called Kireeatee ; said 

 there to weigh two ounces and thirteen drachms. 



A.— Length eight inches and a half. Plumage above dusky, 

 sparingly marked with small spots of white; but the outward wing 

 coverts are plain brown; quills the same, but darker ; the secondaries 

 nearly as long as the quills, with pale spots on the edges, and undated, 

 or sawed, four or five times on each margin, the ends pointed; the 

 subaxillary feathers as in the former; all beneath from chin to vent 

 white, but the neck streaked on the sides with dusky ; legs slender, 

 black. — A specimen of this brought from Quebec by Gen. Davies. 



B.— Tringa Ochropus, Ind. Om. ii. 730. 12. p. Gen. Syn. v. 171. B. 



Length ten inches. Plumage much as in the others, the forehead 

 white; through the eye a dusky streak; sides of the head and all 



* Has sometimes been seen as early as the second of August. — Om. Diet. 

 t Rev. Mr. White. 



