274 
LONG-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 
culars pale brownish-red ; fore part and sides of neck greyish-white, tinged 
with red, and longitudinally streaked with dusky; the rest of the lower parts 
pale reddish-brown, transversely barred with dusky ; the middle of the 
breast and the abdomen without markings. Dimensions of five individuals. 
Length to end of tail, . 
8f 
84 
73 
8 
* 74 
94 
81 
84 
81 
83 
114 
10 § 
10 
104 
101 
Extent of wings, .... 
Weight of an individual, 
16f 
23 oz. 
16 
154 
17 
16 
Female. 
The female is considerably larger 
Dimensions of five individuals. 
but otherwise 
resembles the male. 
Length to end of tail, . 
104 
11 
94 
103 
8£ 
11 
103 
114 
114 
104 
134 
m 
114 
123 
113 
Extent of wings, .... 
18 
164 
161 
164 
173 
Weight of two individuals, 4 oz., 33 oz. 
The winter plumage differs considerably ; the bill, iris, and feet are as 
above. The upper parts are brownish-grey, the head narrowly streaked 
with dusky; the rump as in summer; the scapulars plainly margined with 
whitish; the quills as in summer. The band over the eye lighter, the 
loral space grey ; the fore part and sides of the neck greyish-white, longi- 
tudinally streaked with grey, the sides similar, and with the lower tail- 
coverts barred with grey, the rest of the lower parts white. 
Length to end of tail in a male 9 inches; extent of wings 164; wing from 
flexure 54; tail 2-^; bill along the ridge 1 T \, along the edge of lower man- 
dible 1 T 7 5 ; bare part of tibia 1; tarsus 1 T¥ ; hind toe and claw middle 
toe f|, its claw f-|. 
The roof of the mouth is flat, with three rows of papillae. The tongue is 
1 inch 5 twelfths long, emarginate and papillate at the base, very slender, 
concave above, tapering to a point. The oesophagus is 4 inches long, very 
narrow, its diameter 2 twelfths. The proventriculus is oblong, 7 twelfths 
in length, 84 twelfths in diameter. The stomach is a strong gizzard of a 
roundish form, compressed, 8 twelfths long, 74 twelfths broad; its lateral 
muscles large, its epithelium very dense, thick, longitudinally rugous, and 
of a reddish-brown colour. The intestine is 124 inches long, its anterior 
part 23 twelfths in diameter, the hind part 14 twelfths. The rectum is 14 
inches long; 1 the coeca 11 twelfths long, 1 twelfth in diameter, obtuse. 
The trachea is 3 inches long, slender, ts diameter at the upper part II 
