BRITISH BIRDS. 
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SHORE SANDPIPER. 
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{^ringa jLtUoredy Chcimlter varie, BufF.) 
Under this name Latham defcribes this bird, 
which, it is faid, migrates from Sweden into Eng- 
land at the approach of winter. He makes it a va- 
riety of the laft fpecies, and fays it does not differ 
materially from it. The fpots on the back are 
ferruginous inftead of white : the fliaft of the firfl: 
quill is white, as in the Green Sandpiper ; and the 
fecondaries have white tips : * the legs are brown.** 
Brunnich mentions a further variety, wherein the 
firft quill has a black lhaft, and the fpots on the 
back and wings are lefs j and obferves, that they 
differ in age and fex. f 
* Thefe are marks fo common to many of this genus, that 
they cannot be confidered as a feature fufficient to diftinguiflx 
any particular fpecies, 
f Buffon’s figure in the Planches Enluminees differs from this 
defcription. 
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