60 BIRDS. GRALL.E. 38. Tringsr. 



Sea Sandpiper, Transact. Linn. Soc. 'w.p. 22. t. 1. 



Length near 9 inches : extent near 16 : weight 2 oz. and a half. 



Bill yellow at the bafe, black towards the point: primary quills- 

 dusky, with white shafts; fecondary lighter, with white tips; 

 hinder-ones nearly white : 4 middle tail-feathers dusky and longer 

 than the rest : sides, thighs and vent, with a i'a\f dusky fpots : legs 

 yellow. 



192. Y.fusca. Pale brown spotted with black, beneath 

 white: neck with black streaks underneath: wing- 

 coverts dusky edged with dirty white : tail cine- 

 reous. 1 



BroWn Sandpiper. Br. Zool: ii. p. 463. n. 195. 

 Size of the Jack Snipe. Bill and legs black. 



193. T. Unco i nit nsis. • White, with' grey and dusky spots 

 above, and oblong brown and black spots beneath : 

 2 middle tail-feathers entirely black. 



Black Sandpiper. Br. Zool. ii. p. 464. n. 197. 



Size of a Thrush. Bill short, dusky and obtufe at the point f 

 nostrils black : iris yellow : head small, flattened at top : tuingr 

 long; quills black, crossed 1 with a white line near the bafe: tail 

 short, entirely white, except the 2 middle feathers : legs reddish- 

 brown. 



194. T. Hypolemos. Bill smooth: above grey with a 

 greenish gloss and dusky transverse lines, beneath 

 white: over the eyes a whitish stripe : legs dark 

 grey. 



Common Sandpiper. Br. Zool. t. 71. Lewin t. 173. Wale. t. 148. 



Length 7 inches and a half: extent 13 : weight 2 ounces. 



Bill brown : iris hazel : back and scapulars with a greenish-gloss : 

 wings greenish brown, crossed with narrow dusky undulate lines : 

 quills dusky, with a white fpot on the inner-web, except the out- 

 most : tail with a greenish glofs, the 4. middle feathers crossed with 

 dusky bars, the 2 next tipt with whites the rest fpotted or barred 

 with white: legs dull green. 



195. T. macularia. Base of the bill and legs reddish : 

 body spotted above and beneath: over the eyes a 

 white stripe : wings with 2 white bars. 



Spotted- Sandpiper. Lewin £.174. Walcot t. 149. 



Length near 8 inches : breadth 14. Size of a Thrush. 



Bill dusky towards the point: body above greenish-brown with 

 triangular dusky spots, becoming larger and more rounded down- 

 wards, plain on the rump; beneath white with roundish dusky 

 fpots: 2 middle tail-feathers greenish-brown, the rest white with 

 dusky bars. Female without fpots on the belly. 



196. T. Cinclus. Bill and legs black :" lores white: 

 body and rump mixed pvy and brown : tail-feathers 

 with light-edges. 



Purre. Br. Zool. t. 71. Lewin t. 175. Donov. i. 32* 



Length 7 inches : extent 13 : weight an ounce and 3 quarters. 

 Iris dusky : body above dark grey, with dusky ftreaks : greater 

 coverts tipt with white;, first quills dark brown, fecondaries with a 

 white fpot in the middle and tipt with white : fare-part of the 

 neck mixed with- brown};, breuft and belly white; Female larger, 

 and the plumage lighter. 



■■197. T. alpina. Bill and legs dusky-ferruginous with 

 dusky spots : breast and' belly with blackish blotches: 

 tail-feathers grey edged with white. 



