P T O P L E S A N D P I P E E
Tnnga mantima; (Bra,nyi:~)
E S A N D P I P E R .
T r iiig a raaritinia, "B r u n ii.
L e BM aw m itv ia le t .
f f Thb loatfity Mr. Belbjrk ” being Btrictfy confined to the-rocky coasts of the ocean, and
“.¡•liIit? ¡¡fior* t ta tyt Vi&v, sbarca, ( t ta usual resort o f most of the maritime seoloimceous birds,')
has tac.uioiMid under the notice «f ornithologists, aud its history has, been conse-
|É p | |^ there is some dià'ì. ally hi collating the svnonyuis iunior which it has
¡¡¡-.OH d esedM % wWfrW*
The weM• presenteii by this speejes o f Sandpiper consists in. the great difference o f
cohxir :<<; rhie genns, the ptaiOage dw n g a great pórtìpn o f t!ie year, and especially
the breedsftsr*W'lfiiih!',.i H .«(JilfS t iolut lustre 5 ire hare also seen specimens exhibiting traces o f the barred
markiegB Oe in, the Knot ¡to:which species.the Purple Sand-
• .iper Tlwi specimens referred to as resembling the Knot were, we must
observe, fro*» t$& i*-<ta ijMst-w q « :V Hiis bird » supposed to rèdre, for .the purpose o f iucu-
U l t i l f ifc j l i i i 1 m I f Ip jfllt ^ ¿Hwt., Again feiwwis tv 'fta temperate %iff>pei
e arly Is. tignose, appearing in «*» iti&ewl ¡is jjfjjjf i t a iWsiky Shores, ; parttcttlhrly promontories,
p f f § j | j jetties, and embaak-uteiits. Oh the NL^ha^iiittiktod cmist and m «fee Fern islands', M r. Selby
!2>fomv5 us Jt is v eiy cbnimoit, and: he further- remarks that be.has me ; with felte yoqug in die mouth o f
• a circumstance which proviis that at least occasionally it breeds in our island.
W«i*y afta* ipthjfa* o f the ^jomw it congregates ih‘ small flocks, ainl has the sanie wheeling flbdit)
wlfmfe tit# ,,
■ | j| t a u K • ■ i»»3id! $ | ip # a"d minute crnstaoea.
Hie Purple Sand|Wpi'r >}fsmstt «U» t a .-wty: | | kuntt ©wer t ta nwrcm.in jwrtions o f the
globe, being cot npipd ta'ibWjnpri^iei’it jiuriiii of 4*iif«:rio». >: f Kunm*’ #tw§ JljiiM.
Sa. WMMter thè hemì attil ùéck are greyishblack shi^d *itb tawtnfej.printe/«^streak, and chin greyish
whiles 'breast -grey inetming to brow»,' ;«i8iiy o f tbe feathers bèr^ ;^lt*p e n ir e a;»d togrótiwid with
white i jMty aud under ted-coveil» white, tad .-aid sp/.rixid wife iSarft tavw n.- -taci» c.iu MsurahpH *rév:-sh
Black with purple reflections,, and each feather «férgiued with grey ; Vn^teitrfd and
tipped with rrhile, fom lng a bar across tta Vfitagft.; mx>nd*ri<» the
•iiuet:^ly tippeil wtiJi white 5 tonjp and upper Uiil^overts bta-kìsh l 'toj^V.tóijlitaifeiis'.gfeyisli ?/fack :.
gf«jr janai^iwid- with white ; bili reddibh-'oiwijj»* -•»■: lie taso * blackish at the tip ; legs suid
feet oi'-lmitws* veJkw.
In suniHicr the whpte o f the plumage becomes dnrker, thè put|dpiiue more conspicwoùs ; the leathers on
the bend r-m margined with greyish white, and the splits on the breast are more distinct.
li,- ‘t a r'Hi.g the whoie o f the plumage is of a dull greyish black, margined with dirty yellowish brown ;
the sfdes o f the neck and breast are grey, with darker streaks ; and the flanks and under taibcoverts are
s treaked longitudinally with d eep ash
W e have flgni-ed.an adult o f the étgor»!: ssee, . v
ill