18.
DUSKY S.
Description.
Place.
19*-.
FRECKLED S.
Description*
Tringa calidris, Lin. ^ i, p, 252* 1.9.
La Manbeche, Brif.-Qm. v. p. 226. 14. pi. 2Q. fig. 1,—Buf, Otf, via.
P. 529. Pi. 3I.
g I Z E of the Redjhank: length nine inches and a quarter. Bill
one inch and a half, and black, with the bafe pale: the
plumage on the upper parts is brownifh black, the feathers margined
with pale chefnut: the rump cinereous brown, tranfverfely
ftreaked with black, the margins of the feathers white the under
parts of the body chefnut*: fides tranfverfely ftreaked with pale
chefnut and white : tail greyifh brown ; all except the two middle
feathers margined with white.: legs brown : the outer and
middle toe united to the firft joint.
This fpecies is fpoken of by authors as a bird of both France
and Germany; but is not, as we hear of, in England. It frequents
the lea Ihores, picking up the food there : further than this the
manners are unknown. We have feen one quite correfponding
with the above defcription, except that the under parts were
white : this came from Gibraltar.
La Manbeche tachetée, Brif, Orn• v. p. 229. 15. pi. 21. fig. 1.—Buf. Otf.
vii. p. 531.— PL Enl. 365.
Freckled Sandpiper, Arft, Zool. p. 480. B.
A T R I F L E lefs than the Redjhank: length nine inches. Bill
dufky : the upper parts of the body alh-colour, fpotted
w-ith red and black -, the laft gloffed with violet : beneath reddiili
* Linn au s calls it olive, <
white,
whiter varied with dulky and chefnut fpots : the two middle tail
feathers cinereous, edged with white j the reft the fame, but
darker: the outer feathers marked lengthways on the exterior
web with a white line : legs greenilh.
Inhabits France, the north of Rujfia, and Sibiria. Place,
La Manbedhe griie, Brif. Orn. v. p. 233. 16. pi. 21. fig. 2.— Buf. Oif. vii.-
p. 5,31.—PL Enl, 366.
20-
GRISLED
C I Z E of the freckled Sandpiper : length nine inches and a
quarter. Bill more than one inch, and black: the plumage
above is grey, the feathers with paler e d g e s b u t thofe of the
upper part of the back and. fcapulars plain grey; of the rump
pale grey, marked with a double brown band parallel to the
margin, which is white : the under parts are white j but the feathers
of the neck, breaft, and fides, marked with a waved brown
Description.
band parallel to the edge j and thofe of the belly with a longitudinal
brown line near the end : quills brown,, edged with a paler
colour; the ten firft with white fhafts : the fecondaries grey j and
the five next the body marked with a brown band parallel to the
margin : tail grey, with white margins; and parallel to them a
deep grey band,: the legs black.
Inhabits Europe: found among its congenera on the fea
coafts..
Place»
Tringa