L E S A N D P I P E R ,
I rmga minuta, Jbetslçr.
li© Bécasseau «chasses. '
Tin? beautiful B||Ial|||Bp B •*«©. nave loured in various states o f plumage, is, with one except
ja p j'^r’.^ptjters, and although it is nowhere numerous, is yet occasionally
here it..feeds and flies in coaopany wWi small flocks o f the Purre and the Sadder*
ling, W ift !'i'1, yjv, tvfijifjK tlw! nkargins «.;.l' large fresh-water lakes on the continent of Europe generally •
=4i L - : W Hawe proved, op comparison, to lie identical with those’of Germany, France
ÂA this wjpp1 'üWHtîtiatii» id slue brèàding season a plumage peculiar to that period; distinct in
colour. and has besides been confounded by several authors with one
Etirojiean, and am tijppHii; * * «hall endeavour to supply descriptions o f T ritila minuta under
. its •vumnw- appearances, '#ffi Uiaable osa' 3*wulwf to distinguish it at any season
' I V wM# length o f the hint'is Mwmt i V> being liMifci? than males 5 beak straight rather
sL-m'c'/ ifeoss hv-; head, black; all: the upper p&eti:««! i V body, ash-edktuir. îviiSi a dusky brown simd; in« ike
line o f the shaft o f each leather 5 sides ó f the efcëJ# mdi-colow, tinged, with reddish brawn ; a drawn tine
From the eye to the beak ; front o f th e neck, throat, middle o f the breast and all the under parts pure white ■
ipriU-prijnanea dusky'black} lateral. tail-feathers ash brown, the two middle ones darker brown,- these last
3*4 % ’ V l i f t fcMsgw' than the others, giving to the tail the appearance o f being doubly
l g | § i l l S I » • * W S S I S I * » tines in length, bare portion above the tarsi short. This
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In the -;r- r* :!■:;{• • i V Óiiji, iis" til« l«ftffcÌ »! - if.l vi: «'"& }>i:ui‘u: h^gh* );V; ; :i,,. B«{«l of’«he iuack
back, du* s<a^i«larK wirag-coveHs, reninfe;, raijnp *sd tavo i»>iddl*j; iail-fcatitejrs deep black in the centre but
nearly all have a broad border of bright red , ftéittye few •'HK.tner*» about the wiu$y retiôu- thyouigH the lUMitncr
the ash colour pecalmf >ecaj*ar .lwiftw a^ ir ,, VfiWH'»» '*! iNpftfHttijMHj!\ lifjljitifilff ».«s'i m.H- Mack.
Young birds o f the ycttc b.ai-o P ls fjip ' i;iis liifW «&»/* V nffi siiplt Mwflte mm! ^ ^ with
eddish buff; those on -the.upper M f t o l | f $ t l l § | f l i i S j S f l i f t f l i t tatikrafoured white; llie ,
wp the «¡¡fa of the neck, the- -mti: bordered with p r i tm f c red ; in other respects
W-sPw IfW®#* Nid»k .
I f i i i M ■ W i P l * i i ral sixe: the representation on- the right stile of our
&«»«§*• i?f' winter; that 3» the middle is in the perfect plumage o f summer; the figure on the
left is tife*t.«af* yt^-bind-of'tl»« year.
But little is klWWflftl Wf Hj^v wWi)ftcistion. o f this interesting little Tringa, but we have it in o u r power to add
a description of its egg. '%*■ ’• «t«,colour and mark ings is very like tire egg o f Tringa kypoletwos, but much
smaller, measuring one ii'«b •»!•,.• bw» hi length and uiaeJin.eA in breadth, the ground colour reddish white,
spotted 'and specked with (buck !i«:ra»?o