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streaks ; back dusky, the feathers edged with white ; the scapulars 

 dusky, margined and mottled with ferruginous ; lower part of the 

 back, wing coverts, and tail dusky ash-colour; quills dusky ; upper 

 tail coverts and all beneath white; sides spotted with dusky; legs 

 dusky, with a tinge of yellow. — Inhabits Sandwich Sound. 



42.— NEWFOUNDLAND SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Novae Terras, Ind. Orn. ii. 735. Gm. Lin. i. 674. 

 Newfoundland Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 181. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill black ; upper parts of the neck and body 

 dusky black, the feathers edged with ferruginous ; beneath cinereous 

 white ; bastard wing, quills, and tail black ; legs cinereous. 



Inhabits Newfoundland. — Sir Joseph Banks. 



43— BOREAL SANDPIPER. 



Tiinga borealis, Ind. Orn. ii. 735. Gm. Lin. i. 674. 

 Boreal Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 181. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill short, stout, a trifle swelling at the point, 

 dusky brown, with a black tip ; plumage above cinereous, mottled 

 on the sides of the neck with a paler colour, which comes forward 

 on the breast ; over the eye a white streak ; chin, under parts of the 

 body, and upper tail coverts white ; quills and tail dusky; legs deep 

 brown. — Inhabits King George's Sound. 



44.— VARIEGATED SANDPIPER. 



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

 Variegated Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 181. 



SIZE of the Purre. Bill one inch and a half long, dusky; the 

 upper parts of the head, neck, and body variegated with brown, 



