290 SANDPIPER. 



this was the sentiment of Mr. Boys, and Mr. Temminck is decidedly 

 of the same opinion; and certain it is, that none are seen at the time 

 of incubation without the black on the belly. To these testimonies 

 M. Temminck observes, that the Lesser Purre is no other than a 

 young bird : this may be so, but I am scarcely convinced of the 

 circumstance, as more than one of my friends are of a different 

 opinion. 



48.— RED-NECKED SANDPIPER. 



Tringa ruficollis, Ind. Orn. ii. 736. Gm. Lin. i. 6S0. Pall, reise, iii. 700. 31. 

 Red-necked Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 183. 



SIZE of a Purre. Crown and hind part of the neck, striated 

 ferruginous and black ; fore part of the neck, as far as the breast, 

 striated ferruginous ; the rest not unlike the Purre ; legs black. 



Found with the Alexandrine Plover, about the salt lakes of the 

 Province of Dauuria, in the spring ; is gregarious, and often found 

 in company with other species. This, too, is probably a Variety of 

 the Purre. 



49.— PACIFIC SANDPIPER. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill black, somewhat bent at the 

 end ; plumage above spotted rufous and black, like the Woodcock ; 

 beneath waved with rufous and white ; under tail coverts dotted with 

 black ; wings brown ; quills darker brown ; upper tail coverts 

 dotted with black ; tail short; the wings reach beyond the end of it. 

 Inhabits the western parts of Bass's Strait, New-Holland. — 

 General Davies. 



