Si»OtTED SANDPIPER. 
which have no white. The middle feathers of 
!the tail have a dusky bar crossing near their, 
tips : the outer feathers gradually shorten ; and 
;are white, with transverse dusky lines. From 
the throat to the tail, the under side is white, 
spotted on the throat with small dusky spots : 
on the breast they are larger, and of a particu- 
lar shape, as the figure expresses. On the 
Ihighs, belly, and coverts under the tail, these 
dusky spots are not so regular as on the breast. 
The legs are bare a little above the knees. 
The toes are flat at their bottoms. The outer 
and middle toe, on each foot, are connected at 
itheir bottoms by a membrane. The legs, and 
feet, are of a dusky flesh-colour; the nails are 
black. 
" I believe,'' adds Edwards, " this bird is 
common both to Europe and America. In the • 
vear 1743, one of them was sent to me by- my* 
late worthy friend Sir Robert Abdy, Bart, wha- 
>hot it near his seat of Albins, in Essex. This,^ 
3n inspection, I found to be a Hen : and it 
differed in no respect from the American; 
Pririga, but in being without spots on it's 
jnder side; except on the throaty where it had 
a few 
