. The birds of Australia. Birds. 114 THE BIRDS OF AUSTKALIA The single egg in the British Museum from the Seebohm collection is a greyish cream colour, boldly marked over the larger half with coarse blotches of chestnut-brown and pale underlying purple, with lines of black; the smaller end has a few rufous spots on. It measures x liflS Knot: Tringa cajiutus. Meyer. The Great Sandpiper. Tringa crassirostris. Eastern Siberia to Avistralia aud Western India. The winter plumage is similar to T. canutus, being ashy grey above and white below, but easily distinguished by the longer bill
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 114 THE BIRDS OF AUSTKALIA The single egg in the British Museum from the Seebohm collection is a greyish cream colour, boldly marked over the larger half with coarse blotches of chestnut-brown and pale underlying purple, with lines of black; the smaller end has a few rufous spots on. It measures x liflS Knot: Tringa cajiutus. Meyer. The Great Sandpiper. Tringa crassirostris. Eastern Siberia to Avistralia aud Western India. The winter plumage is similar to T. canutus, being ashy grey above and white below, but easily distinguished by the longer bill and pure white upper tail-coverts; the dusky spots on the chest and sides of the body smaller and much more distinct. Total length inches, culmen , wing , tail , tarsus Nests in Siberia. Not described. Hind toe present, than mid toe. Genus Galliiiago. Bill longer than tarsus. Tarsus shorter The Snipe. Gallinago australis. Nesting in Japan and passing in winter by Formosa to Australia and Tasmania. The general colour above black and the stripes and markings of the upper surface are a dark sandy isabelline, especially on hinder neck, and the paler colour on the scapulars causes the black to stand out conspicuously. 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 Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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