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Bewick's sandpiper. 
(Totanus Bewickii.) 
To. pedibus coccineis, corpore SKpra Jiisco griseo cinercoque vario, 
pectore albo cinnamomea variegato, abdomine crissogue albis, 
rectricibus pallidej'uscis, mediis nigricante undatis. 
Sandpiper with scarlet legs, the body above varied M'ith brown, 
grey, and ash-colour, the breast white, variegated with cinna- 
mon colour, the abdomen and vent white, the tail-feathers pale 
brown, the middle ones waved with dusky. 
Tringa Bewickii, Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. App. 
Red-legged Sandpiper. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 113. xdiIIl Jig. Mont. 
Orn. Did. Sup. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 163..'* 
Tringa erythropus. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 727. r 
A HIGHLY elegant species, described and figured 
by Bewick in his ingenious work as above cited ; and 
there called the Red-legged Sandpiper, but from 
which it appears to differ. This description I shall 
transcribe. *' This bird," he says, " measures from 
the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, ten inches : 
the beak is an inch and three eighths long, black at 
the tip, and reddish towards the base : the crown of 
the head is spotted with dark brown, disposed in 
streaks, and edged with pale brown and grey : a 
darkish patch covers the space between the corners 
of the mouth and the eyes : the chin is white : the 
brow and cheeks pale brown, prettily freckled with 
small dark spots : the hinder part of the neck is 
composed of a mixture of pale brown, grey, and 
ash, with a few indistinct dusky spots ; the fore part 
and the breast are white, clouded with a dull cinna- 
