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TRINGA HYPOLEUCOS* 

 COMMON SANDPIPER/ 



GRALL^i 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill roundifh and as long aS the head : noftrlls fmall and linear : 

 tongue (lender ; feet four toedj the poflerior toe of one jointj 

 raifed from the grounds 



SPECIFIC CHARACTEk 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Bill fmooth : legs livid 5 body cinereous with black flripes, be- 

 neath white, 



Tringa Hypoleucus t roftro lasvi, pedibus, lividis, corpora 



cinereo lituris nigris, fubtus albo. Linn, Fn„ 

 Suec. Uh^Gmel. Syjl. Nul. 678. 14. 



Common Sandpiper. La/h, Syn*6. 178, 



Length feven inches and a half : lays its eggs in fand banks ; thefe 

 are four or five in number, and of a dirty yellowifh colour with 

 pale fpots. Inhabits Europe and America. 



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