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Adult Female in Summer Plumage. — Like the male, but not so 
richly coloured, the tint of the under surface being duller chest- 
nut and not so vinous. Total length, 7 inches ; wing, 4'9. 
Adult in 'Winter Plumage. — Ashy-brown above, slightly mottled 
with darker centres to the feathers ; wing-coverts like the back ; 
quills as in the summer plumage ; rump and upper tail-coverts 
pure white; tail-feathers ashy-brown, fringed with white, with 
white shafts, a sub-terminal bar of dusky-blackish, and the 
inner webs having a good deal of wliite .at the base; lores 
dusky, with a supra-loral streak of white ; under surface of body 
pure white, with tiny lines of dusky-brown on the sides of the 
face, sides of neck, lower throat, and fore-neck. 
Young in First Autumn Plumage. — Similar in general colour to 
the winter plumage of the adult, but distinguished by the 
absence of rufous colour on the upper surface. On the under 
surface the streaks on the fore-neck are almost obsolete, a'nd a 
fulvescent shade overspreads the fore-neck and chest, in some 
specimens even extending to the bre.ast itself. On the upper 
surface it is very similar to the winter plumage of the adult, 
but has always some distinct pale edgings to the feathers, these 
being generally fulvescent, while the mantle is decidedly 
darker, being blackish with pale margins to the feathers. 
Eange in (jreat Britain. — The Curlew-.Sandpiper is a spring and 
autumn visitor to our coasts, being much more plentiful in the 
latter season than in the former, and frequenting more parti- 
cularly the east coast, both of Scotland and England. In 
Ireland, Mr. Howard Saunders states that it has been known 
to remain in the southern counties until November, or even 
December. 
Range ontside the British Islands. — The present species occurs 
in winter in the southern parts of the old world, visiting Aus- 
tralia and Tasmania, the Indian Peninsula, and South Africa. 
Its nesting habitat, however, is still unknown. It is evident 
that it does not follow the summer course of the Knot in its 
western range, as it is not known from the Feeroes, Iceland, 
Greenland, or Spitsbergen. In Scandinavia it is more plentiful 
in autumn and is rare in spring. Specimens have been observed 
in June and July at various points of Northern Siberia, and one 
was obtained by Dr. Murdoch at Point Barrow in Alaska, in 
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