PLATE CLXXIir. 



Tring A Ferkuginea. Br'dnn. Orn. 71. 'iSO. 

 Red Sandpiper. BriL Zool w. 202. b. 72. 

 i^BERDEEN SANDPIPER. Brit, ZooL 2. 7?. -203.— Lath, Gen. 

 Syn. 3. /. p. 1S6. n. 84. 



The fpecimen of the Red Sandpiper, originally depofited in the 

 Leverlan Mufeiim, and thence defcribed by Englifti authors, has been 

 ill our poffeffion from the period in which that Mufeum was difperfed ; 

 and as our own Mufeum was allowed to remain open to public view 

 for fome years fmce that time, the appearance of this bird may be 

 perhaps familiar to many of our readers, for it can fcarcely be imagined 

 that any vifitor would have neglefted to beftow fome attention towards 

 this elegant and truly interefting fpecies. 



As a Britifti Bird, the Red Sandpiper was always, we believe, 

 confidered rare. It is indeed recorded to have appeared occafionally, 

 and even flocks of them have been obferved ; but from peculiar cir- 

 cumftances few of thefe had been procured, and it remained a rarity 

 till the fpring of 1812 afforded this curious bird in fome plenty. A 

 flock of them, as we underftand, was feen at that time in the fens, 

 and feveral of thefe being captured in the fowling-nets, they paffed 

 very fortunately from the wild-fowl dealers of the London market 

 into the hands of Mr. Corbet, an ingenious preferver of birds, by 

 whom they were prepared for the cabinet, and who has fmce 

 furniihed- feveral of the principal collections with the fpecimens they 

 poffefs. 



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