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SOUTHERN SANDPIPER. 
Sandpij^er, making, however, some apt remarks as to 
tlie possibility of future observations proving it to be 
a distinct species from that, chiefly on account of the 
superior length of its legs. In his Appendix to the 
Supplement of the same work, he has established its 
rank as a distinct species, as shown by the above 
quoted synonyms ; and he there mentions the exist- 
ence of two other specimens, one shot in Yorkshire, in 
the month of January (in Mr. Foljamb's collection), 
and the other at Woolwich in August 1812 : the 
latter differed but slightly from the first described. 
SOUTHERN SANDriPEK. 
(Totanus australis.) 
To. corpure scolopacino, cervice )ichulosn, genis coUoque albidis, 
lalcrilms corforh maciilis hinatisfuscis. 
Sandpiper with the body nearly resembling that of the Woodcock, 
the top of the neck clouded, the cheeks and neck whitish, the 
sides of the body lunated with brown. 
Scolopax australis. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. Ixv. 
New Holland Snipe. L(dh. Sj/n. Sup. ii. 310. 
From Latham. " Beak straight, large at the 
base, the upper mandible dilating a little at the 
point, and twice the length of the head : colour of 
the plumage above brown, mottled somewhat in the 
manner of a Woodcock : sides of the head and the 
