. A general history of birds . usky black, the others barred rufous and black;legs greenish ; the quills reach nearly to the end of the tail. Inhabits Otabeite ; found near the rivers, and called Torowe :met with also at Eimeo, or York Isle, and there called Tete: fromthe drawings of Sir Jos. Banks, with a specimen of the bird. A.—In this Variety, the streak over the eye is very pale, nearlywhite; the lesser wing coverts dusky black; with an oblique, palestreak, passing over them ; the plumage otherwise answering to theformer. B.—A second Variety had the crown of the head dusky, thestreak over
. A general history of birds . usky black, the others barred rufous and black;legs greenish ; the quills reach nearly to the end of the tail. Inhabits Otabeite ; found near the rivers, and called Torowe :met with also at Eimeo, or York Isle, and there called Tete: fromthe drawings of Sir Jos. Banks, with a specimen of the bird. A.—In this Variety, the streak over the eye is very pale, nearlywhite; the lesser wing coverts dusky black; with an oblique, palestreak, passing over them ; the plumage otherwise answering to theformer. B.—A second Variety had the crown of the head dusky, thestreak over the eye ferruginous, with a tinge of the same throughoutthe plumage ; bill and legs yellowish. 59.—ACUMINATED SANDPIPER. Totanus acuminatns, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 192.—Horsfleld. SIZE uncertain. Plumage brown ; the feathers of the backmargined with ferruginous, and the wing coverts with grey, beneathwhitish, inclining to yellow on the breast; tail feathers Java, called there Trinil gung. PL ~///u/f-„r„y,v/, /r,,/y//,//fr. SANDPIPER. 297 60-SLENDER-BILLED SANDPIPER. Totanus tenuirostris, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 192. SIZE uncertain. Bill slender; plumage above brown, variedwith ash-colour; quills brown; beneath whitish; chin and breastspotted with brown. Inhabits Java, by the name of Keeyo. 61.—JAVAN SANDPIPER. Totanus Javanicus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 193. LENGTH ten inches. Bill whitish at the base ; plumage abovegrey brown ; scapulars and quills deeper in colour; beneath white ;under wing coverts white to beyond the middle, and obliquely trun-cated; legs rather short; tail feathers all of one colour. Inhabits Java, known there by the name of Bedaran or Choweyau. 62—ASIATIC SANDPIPER. Totanus Damacensis, Lin. Trans, xiii. 192. LENGTH six inches and a half. Plumage above pale cinereousbrown, beneath white ; quills brown, the shafts of the prime oneswhite, of the others brownish.—Inhabits Java. 63—CEYLON SANDPIPER. LENGTH eight inches.
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