PLATE CLXXVIL 



T RING A NIGRICANS. 

 PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



GRALLii:. 



GENERIC CIIARACTEH, 



Bill roundifh, as long as the head : nofti ils faiall and linear : 

 tongue flender: feet four-toed : the hind-toe of one joint raifed from 

 the ground. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS, 



Cinereous brown : back black with fubviolaceous gloQ : chin and 

 middle of the abdomen white. 



TiiiNGA Nigricans : cinereo-fufco, dorfo nigro fubviolaceo-nitens^ 



rnento abdomineque albo. 

 Teinga Nigricans : Biackilli aOi : chin and middle of the belly 



whiie : bafe of the bill and legs red. Linn, 



Travf. IV. 40. 



The 



