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SCHINTZ’S SANDPIPER. 
manner somewhat resembling that of the solitary 
Sandpiper.”* The same ornithologist's description 
is as follows : — “ Bill and feet dusky ; iris brown ; 
the general colour of the upper parts brownish- 
black, each feather edged with yellowish-grey ; the 
scapulars with light red ; wing-coverts greyish- 
brown, the shafts black ; primary and secondary 
coverts tipped with white; quills brownish-grey, 
darker towards the tips, the inner primaries, and 
outer secondaries, more or less edged and tipped 
with white; tail-coverts white, with a dusky spot, 
excepting the two central, which are blackish, with 
a few greyish-white markings ; tail-feathers light 
grey, the two middle brownish-black towards the 
ends ; sides of the head, fore neck, anterior part of 
the breast, and sides, greyish-white, with small lan- 
ceolate central brownish-black spots ; rest of the 
lower parts white. Length seven and one-twelfth 
inches; tarsus eleven-twelfths of an inch.t Mr. 
Yarrell’s specimen, received from America, is noted 
at six inches and a-half. 
* Oru. Biog. iii, p. 529. 
+ Orn. Biog. iii. p. 530. 
