17s S A N D P I P E R .
Place. This fpecies is feen on the fhores of Flintjhire, in the winter
time, in vad flocks. Suppofed to breed in Denmark. It alfo inhabits
America. Seen in great numbers on Seal IJlands, near Chateaux
Bay. Breeds at Hudjon’s Bay,. continuing the whole dimmer
* ; add is there called Safqua pifqua nijhijh.
4 1 23. - COMMON S.
Tringa hypoleucos, Lin. Syjt. i. p. 250. 14.—Faun. Suec. 182.— Scop.
Ann. i. N° 143.— Brun. N0 174.— Muller, p. 25,'— Kram. El. p. 333-
La Guignette, Brif. Orn. v. p. 183. 2. pi. 16. fig. 2.— Buf. Oif. vii.p. 540,
Petite Alouette de Mer, PI. Enl. .850.
Sandpiper, Raii Syn. p. 108. A. 6. — Will. Orn. p. 321 * pl# 55‘ ~ ^ r .
Zool. ii. N° 204. pi. 71.— Aril. Zool. N* 388.
Br.Muf Lev. Muf
Description* g I Z E of the Purre: length feven inches and a half: weight
two ounces. Bill brown : irides hazel: the plumage 'on the
upper parts very gloffy : the head brown, fireaked with black :
over each eye a white flreak: neck dull afh-colour : back and
wings greenifh brown, eroded with dufky narrow lines: the bread
and under parts white: quills brown ; the firfl plain; on the nine
following a white fpot on the inner web : tail rounded, of a
greenifh gloffy brown; the four middle feathers eroded with fine
blackifh lines; the two next on each fide the fame, with the tips
white; the lad but one fpotted white on the edges; and the outer
one white, marked on the inner web with brown bars: legs
Place and
' Manners.
greenifh brown-(•.
This fpecies is not uncommon with us in the fummer feafon,
' Aril. Zool. f ScofoJi adds, that the toes are femipalmated.
but
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but none are feen late in autumn. They breed with us, and the
eggs are five in number; the female lays them in fome convenient
hole in the bank of the river which lhe frequents: the colour
of them dirty yellowifh white, with numerous dufky markings,
moftly round; and a few large ones of a paler colour, mod at
the large end. The bird is known at fome diftance by its piping
note, which it frequently emits, and often flirts up its tail.
It is frequently met with alfo in France, into which it comes
in May, and departs in September. It is alfo found in the northern
latitudes of Sibiria, as far as Kamtjchatka; and is alfo not uncommon
in America, inhabiting Chateaux Bay to the north. The
American fpeoies differs very little, except in the colour of the
legs, which are yellowifh.
One of thefe, which came under my infpeflion from Cayenne,
had fewer fpots on the back: a white bar acrofs the wings :
quills and tail brown : beneath wholly white, except here and
there a little dufky mottling on the bread: the legs very pale.
Tringa macularia, Lin* Syft* i. p* 249. 7.
La Grive d’Eau, Brif* Orn. v. N° zO.— Buf. Oif. vui. p. 140. 4- SPOTTED S
Spotted Tringa, Edw. pi. 277. fig. 2.
Spotted Sandpiper, Br* Zool, ii. N° 196.— Arff. Zool. N° 385;
Lev* Muf
J ^ E N G T H near eight inches : fize of a ‘Thrujh. Bill dufky, Description.
towards the bafe reddifh : over the eye a white flreak: the
upper parts of the bird greenifh brown : head marked with fmall
longifh dufky fpots : thefe increafe on the neck to the back,
where they are much larger : the rump plain: the fhoulders and
wings marked with the fame colour; but the fpots are tranfverfe:
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