. A history of British birds . uill-feather the longest in the wing. The young have rather more of the ash-colour in theirplumage, and less of the dark green ; the spots are fewerand less purely white. In the nestling the down of the upper parts is a greyish-buff, very rufous on the back and rump, a black streak oneach side runs from the base of the bill to the eye, beyondwhich it widens ; a streak of black on each side of thecrown and one through its centre unite in a broad nuchalpatch ; a broad black streak down the middle of the back;two similar ones on each side ending in a black tail-tuft
. A history of British birds . uill-feather the longest in the wing. The young have rather more of the ash-colour in theirplumage, and less of the dark green ; the spots are fewerand less purely white. In the nestling the down of the upper parts is a greyish-buff, very rufous on the back and rump, a black streak oneach side runs from the base of the bill to the eye, beyondwhich it widens ; a streak of black on each side of thecrown and one through its centre unite in a broad nuchalpatch ; a broad black streak down the middle of the back;two similar ones on each side ending in a black tail-tuft;under parts greyish-white. By an unfortunate error thenestling of this species has been figured as that of the WoodSandpiper in Mr. Goulds * Birds of Great Britain. Of the two illustrations given below, the upper one repre-sents an axillary plume, the lower one a middle tail-featherof the Green Sandpiper, to show the distinction betweenthese feathers and those from the same parts in the WoodSandpiper, as inserted at page LIMICOLAi. WOOD SANDPIPER. 463 SGOLOPACIDM.
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