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SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 
length, and dusky; nostrils pervious, bill fluted above and be- 
low; line over the eye, chin, belly and vent, pure white; breast 
white, spotted with pale olive brown; crown and neck above 
dark olive, streaked with white; back, scapulars and rump, dark 
brown olive, each feather marked along the edges with small 
round spots of white; wings plain, and of a darker tint; under 
tail-covert spotted with black; tail slightly rounded, the five 
exterior feathers on each side white, broadly barred with black; 
the two middle ones, as well as their coverts, plain olive; legs 
long, slender, and of a dusky green. Male and female alike in 
colour. 
