284 SANDPIPER. 



the spots are transverse; the under side of the body is white, marked 

 with dusky spots; the two middle tail feathers greenish brown, the 

 others white, crossed with dusky lines; legs dusky flesh-colour. 



In the female the under parts of the body are not spotted beneath 

 as in the male, and the young of both sexes are without spots. 



Inhabits North America, arrives at Hudson's Bay in May, and 

 after breeding there, disappears in September ; is known by the 

 name of Chechishashish ; is seen also in Pennsylvania. Mr. Abbot 

 mentions it as a bird which frequents the ponds and marshy places 

 of Georgia, in the summer, but is not common. He observes, that 

 it is only six inches in length ; the base of the bill not reddish, but 

 yellow ; legs yellow. It has also been met with in England, as that 

 which Mr. Edwards describes was shot in Essex.* 



40.— NEW YORK SANDPIPER. 



Tring-a Noveboracensis, Ind, Orn. ii. 735. Gm. Lin. i. 673. 

 New York Sandpiper, Gen, Syn. v. 180. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 3S7. 



THE lesser wing coverts in this bird are dusky, edged with 

 white ; back dusky, the edges of the feathers cinereous ; secondaries 

 the same ; tail coverts barred black and white ; under side of the 

 neck and body white ; breast spotted with brown ; sides under the 

 wings streaked with the same ; tail cinereous. 



Inhabits North America ; found at New York. 



41 —STREAKED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa virgata, Ind. Orn. ii. 735. Gm. Lin. i. 674. 

 Streaked Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. ISO. 



SIZE of the Common Snipe. Bill one inch and a quarter long, 

 dusky; head and neck white, with numerous longitudinal, dusky 



* Met with by Col. Montagu, in Devonshire, in the winter 1800. 



