Place.
thirteen inches, but to the claws nearly one foot and a half. The
bill is two inches and a half long, flender, and black: irides
red : the forehead, round the eye, and all the under parts, are
white : the crown of the head, back,, and wings, gloffy black t
the hind part of the neck marked with dulky fpots: rump white 1
tail the fame, inclining to grey ; the outer feather quite whit«::
legs red: the outer and middle toes connected at the bale.
This is now and then met with in England, but is far from
common. Sir R. Sibbald mentions two being fhot in Scotland;
the Britijb Zoology, one killed near Oxford; and Mr. White of
Fleet-ftreet is in pofieffion of another, which was Ihot out of a
flock of fix or feven, in Frencbam ponds, in Hampfhire. The
plumage of this bird was wholly white, except the wings, and
the back as far as the rump, which are black: bill and legs as
the other. We believe this to differ in fex merely; the more fo,
as two birds, anfwering to the above defcriptions, are placed in,
the Leverian Mufeum as male and female.
It is common in Egypt, and is found in the marfhes there in
OHoler; the food faid to be chiefly files. It is likewife plentiful
about the fait lakes, and often on the fhores of the Ca/pian fea,
as well as the rivers which empty themfelves into i t ; and in the
fouthern defarts of Independent Tartary: we have alfo- feen it in
Chinefe paintings; and it is known to be at Madras, in the Eaft
Indies *. .
In the warmer parts of America it is fufficiently plentiful; and
is feen as far north as Connecticut. We have received it from
Jamaica, where Sloane tells us it is not uncommon. The fpe-
• Ray.—It is there defcribed under the name of Red-Uggti Cram..
eimens
eimens from this place, as well as thofe from the Eaft Indies,.
differ, in having not only , the crown, but all the hind part of the
neck, black; and meafure fifteen inches in length*.
Charadrius calidris, Lin. Syjl, i. p . 255. 9 ,— Georgi Rei/e, p. 172.
T r in g a arenaria, Lin* Syfi, i. p. 251. 16 ?
L a petite Maubeche grife, Brif. Orn. v. p . 236. 17 . pi* 20. fig. 2.
« L a Sanderling, Buf, Oif. vii. p. 532.
Sanderling, or Cu rwillet, Rail Syn. p. 109. A.. 11.— Will, Orn. p. 30.3*"™
Alb in-, ii. pi „ 7 4 ,— Br. Zool, N° 2 12 . pi. Zool, N ° 40.3.
Lev. Muf,
1~ ^ E N G T H eight inches: weight one ounce and three
quarters: body flender. Bill one inch long, and black : the
fore part of the head, fides under the eyes, and beneath, from
chin to vent, white : through the eyes a greyifh ftreak : the upper
part o f the head, neck, and body, ftreaked with black : back
and fcapuiars brownifh grey, edged with dirty whitewing coverts
and quills dufky : tail afh-colour, with pale margins : legs black.
T h t female is paler in feme parts than the male.
This fpecies is found in flocks on the fea-coafts of Cornwall,
and has alfo been fhot in Lancafhire. Not frequent on-the continent,
except in the neighbourhood of Lake B a ik a lbut is more
plenty in North America, as It abounds in the Seal Iftands on the
coaft of Labrador.
g I Z E of a Snipe. Bill one inch long, black : upper parts
brownifh afh-colour, mixed with brown, and ftreaked with
• T h is is thecafe with, the Mexican one. ; fee l ’Echafie da Mexique, Brif»
Orn. v . p . 362.
4-
SANDERLING.
Description*
F bma l e ..
P la ce and
M anners*
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V a r . A .
D e s c r ip t ion.
7 Black :