BRITISH BIRDS. 
Ill 
SPOTTED Sx^lNDPIPER, 
OR SPOTTED TRINGA. 
{Trlnga maculariay Lin .— Grlve d^eau^ BufF.) 
This bird meafures about eight inches in length : 
the bill is black at the tip, and fades into a reddifh 
colour towards the bafe ; a white ftreak is extend- 
ed over each eye, and a brownifh patch between 
them and the bill : the whole upper part of the plu- 
mage is of a glolfy lightifli brown, with green re- 
flexions : the head and neck are marked with long- 
ifh fmall dark fpots : on the back, fcapulars, and 
wing coverts the fpots are larger, and of a trian- 
gular fhape ; the rump is plain : the greater quills 
are dufky ; fecondaries tipped with white ; as are 
alfo the greater and lefler coverts, which form two 
oblique white lines acrpfs the extended wings : the 
