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JAVA SANDPIPER. 
(Totanus Javanicus.,) 
To. 7-ostro hasi albente, supra griseo-fuscus scapulis remigihusque 
saturatiorihus, subtus albus, tectricibus inferioribus ultra medium 
albis oblique truncatis, pedibus subabbrevialis, Cauda supra om- 
nino concolore. 
Sandpiper with its beak whitish at the base, the body above grey- 
broM'n, the scapulars and quills darker, beneath white, the under 
coverts beyond the middle white, obliquely truncated, the legs 
somewhat abbreviated, the tail above of one colour. 
Totanus Javanicus. Horsfield. Linn. Trans, yiiu.. 193. 
Length ten inches: called Bedaran, orChoweyan, 
by the Javanese. Described as above by Dr. Hors- 
field. 
BLACK SANDPIPER. 
(Totanus niger.) 
To. corpore toto aterrimo, rostro pedibusque rubris. 
Sandpiper with the entire body nearly black, the beak and legs 
red. 
Scolopax nigra. Gmel. Si/si. Nat. 1. 6.59. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 
723. 
Black Sandpiper. Penn. yirct. Zool. 2. 381. Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5. 1.53. 
This bird is described as having its plumage of a 
most intense black colour, with its beak and legs red. 
Found in the American islands. 
