53 BIRDS. GRALLyE. 38. Tringa. 



dusky fpots : back and /capillars greenish-brown with dusky fpots r 

 quills dusky, fome of them tipt with white : lores dusky : c&TTand 

 neck dirty white with dusky streaks: belly, vent and rump white With 

 dark- fpots : tail with black bars. 



181. Sc. grisea. Grey-brown clouded with black: wings, 

 brown : back dark brown edged with grey and ru- 

 fous-brown : belly white : ramp and tail barred with 

 black and white. 



Brown Snipe. Montague Ornitk. Diet. 



Length 11 inches : weight 3 ounces and a quarter. 



Bill dusky, lighter at the bafe, rough near the tip : iris dusky j 

 lores dusky, with a white line over them: greater quills datky, 

 inner-ones slightly tipt with white : sides of the vent and under 

 tail-coverts ruibus-wlme-with dusky bars : legs yellowish-grccn. 



38. TRINGA. Sandpiper. 



182. T. pugnax* Bill and legs yellow-buff: face covered^ 

 with yellow pimples : wing-coverts grey-brown : 

 middle tail-feathers barred with black, the 3 outer- 

 ones plain grey brown. 



Ruff and Reeve. Br. Zool. t. 69. Lew in t. 167. Donovan t. 33. 



Length about a foot : extent of wings nearly 2. 



Bill fometimes black : iris hazel : general plumage very variable, 

 but commonly brown with black and white marks, and the under 

 parts more or less white. The Male in the fecond year is adorned 

 with a fpreading ruff of feathers on the neck, which falls off in 

 moulting time. Female pale brown, fpotted with black on the back;, 

 tail brown, the middle-feathers fpotted with black. 



183. T. Vanellus. Crown glossy-black with a long pen- 

 dent crest : back and wings glossy-green : breast 

 black : legs orange. 



Lapwing, Pewit. Lewin t. 168. Donov.t. 25, JValcot. t. 146. 



Length 13 inches : extent 30 inches : weight about 8 ounces. 



Bill black : iris hazel ■ head with a green gloss : crest of unequal 

 feathers, a little turning up at the end ; sides of the head and neck 

 white : over the eyes a whitish streak, and a black one beneath 

 them : lower-part of the neck before, and breast black ; the hind- 

 part brown mixed with white : belly white : vent and tail-coverts ' 

 pale rufous: back and wing-coverts dull green with a purple and 

 blue gloss : quills black, the 4 first tipt with white ; fecondaries 

 white on the upper half : tail black on the lower half tipt with 

 white, the outer feathers nearly all white. 



184. T. Gambetta. Bill reddish, a little curved upwards: 

 body variegated dusky-grey und pale buff, beneath 

 whitish with a few dusky streaks : legs yellow. 



Gambet. Br. Zool.t.jo. Lewin t. i6g. Albin W.t. 68. 



Size of S. Glottis. Bill black at the point : iris yellow ish : head, 

 back, and breast grey-brown with dull yellow fpots : coverts and 

 fcopulars grey, edged with dirty yellow : wings longer than the tail, 

 the first feathers dusky bordered with yellow. 



185. T. Squatarola. Bill black : body grey with "dusky 

 spots, beneath white : tail barred black and white ; 

 legs dull green. 



Grey Sandpiper. Lewin t, 170, Walcot.t. 146. 



Length 12 inches : extent 24 inches : weight 7 ounces. 



Feathers of the head, back and coverts dusky edged, with greenish- 

 ash, and some with white : cheeks and throat white with a few dusky 

 streaks: quills black, the inner-webs more or less white; rump 

 white : back-toe very small. 



