. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. w-. THE PUKPLE SANDPIPER. TRINGA MARITIMA. Bill longer than the head, slightly bent down at the tip, dusky, the base reddish orange ; head and neck dusky brown, tinged with grey ; back and scapulars black, with purple and violet reflections, the feathers edged with deep ash ; breast grey and white ; under plumage white, streaked on the flanks with grey ; feet ochre-yellow. Length eight and a quarter inches. Eggs yellowish olive, spotted and speckled with reddish brown. The Purple Sandpiper is described as being far less common than the D
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. w-. THE PUKPLE SANDPIPER. TRINGA MARITIMA. Bill longer than the head, slightly bent down at the tip, dusky, the base reddish orange ; head and neck dusky brown, tinged with grey ; back and scapulars black, with purple and violet reflections, the feathers edged with deep ash ; breast grey and white ; under plumage white, streaked on the flanks with grey ; feet ochre-yellow. Length eight and a quarter inches. Eggs yellowish olive, spotted and speckled with reddish brown. The Purple Sandpiper is described as being far less common than the Dunlin, and differing from it in habits, inasmuch as it resorts to the rocky coast in preference to sandy flats. The few specimens of it which I have seen were associated with Dunlins, flying in the same flocks with them, feeding with them, and so closely resembling them in size and movements, that a description of the one equally characterises the other. It was only, in fact, by the difference of colour that I could discriminate between them; and this I did, on several occasions, with great ease, having obtained my specimens singly while they were surrounded by other birds. According to Mr. Dunn, " The Purple Sandpiper is very numerous in Orkney and Shet-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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