LITTLE SANDPIPER. 
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■ith of May tlie cygs in the females were about the 
tlf* partridoe shot. In what particular I'cgioiis ot 
® north these birds breed is altogether uulvuowu. 
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TIUNGA PUSILLA, WILSON LITTLE S.\NDPII'KIl. 
"m.SOK, PLATE XXXVII. FIG. IV. EDINBL’IIGH COLLEGE HOSF.UM. 
Thi 
aud 
s is the least of its tribe in this part of the world, 
m its mode of flight has much more resemblance 
, Ihe snipe than to tlie sandpiper. It is migratory, 
chiem!"" in October for the south. It resides 
telly among the sea marshes, and feeds among i.he mud 
low Water; springs with a zigzag irregular flight, 
f? a feelile twit. It is not altogether confined to the 
”e’ltlihourhood of the sea, for I have found several of 
thei 
Ail 
oil the shores of the Schuvlkill, in the month of 
XUst. 
o - ... In October, immediately before they go an ny, 
usually very fat. Their nests or particular 
minute species is found in Europe, and also at 
^ ootlca Sound on the western coast of America. Length, 
leip. ‘i"d a half; extent, eleven inches; hill and 
hro’*’ black ; upper part of the breast, gray 
hla t”’ "Ifb nhitc; hack and iipiier parts, 
briM ’ plumage above, broadly eilgiul with 
Cov* yellow ociire ; primaries, black ; greater 
baz**?^*’ '■''® same, tipt with white; eye, small, dark 
«ide*^ i ''^*aaded, the four e.vterior feathers on each 
„ > dull ivbite, the rest, dark broivn ; tertials, as long 
g places I have not been able to discover. 
P>‘imaries ; head above, dark brown, with paler 
Vei r “ af‘’®ak of whitish ; belly and 
®lei i i Ibe bill is thick at the base, aud very 
SoJ'^®"' l^owards the point; the hind toe, small. In 
5 oi ® **P®cimcns, the legs were of a dirty yellowish 
gre i**' <•!' the rump, white; Just below the 
^ ®r coverts, the primaries are crossed with white. 
Dll little difference could be perceived between the 
edff ’'*'® “"*1 females. The bay on the 
of the back aud scapulars was rather brighter iu 
® male, and the brown deeper. 
