. A history of British birds . hers on the back and wing-coverts are mixed with somenew feathers which are ash-grey; the quill-feathers dusky. Young birds of the year in their first autumn have theneck ash-grey; the feathers of the back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and tertials, dark brown, margined with reddish-buffcolour, which, later in the season, as winter approaches,change slowly to ash-colour, with bufly-white, and ultimatelywith pure white edges; under surface of the body white, tingedwith buff, becoming afterwards pure white. Adult birds in winter plumage have the lores and ear-coverts a
. A history of British birds . hers on the back and wing-coverts are mixed with somenew feathers which are ash-grey; the quill-feathers dusky. Young birds of the year in their first autumn have theneck ash-grey; the feathers of the back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and tertials, dark brown, margined with reddish-buffcolour, which, later in the season, as winter approaches,change slowly to ash-colour, with bufly-white, and ultimatelywith pure white edges; under surface of the body white, tingedwith buff, becoming afterwards pure white. Adult birds in winter plumage have the lores and ear-coverts ash-brown, bounded above with a streak of white ; thecheeks white; top of the head and back of the neck ash-brown, streaked and spotted with darker brown; back, scapu-lars, wing-coverts, and tertials, ash-brown, margined withwhite; rump and upper tail-coverts white ; tail-feathers ash-grey, edged with white; chin, breast, and all the undersurface of the body, pure white; legs and toes greenish-brown. 408 LIMICOLM. Teinga striata, Linuseus.*THE PURPLE SANDPIPER. Tringa maritima. The Purple Sandpiper, though well known in thiscountry, is not very numerous as a species, but is foundon various parts of our coast, apparently preferring thosewhich are rocky rather than extensive flats of sand. It isgenerally to be found from September throughout the wintertill the following April or May, when the greater portion ofthem quit our shores, and pass in many instances to highnorthern latitudes for the breeding-season. The old birds,as in the instance of the Turnstone, are observed to beabsent but a very short time from their usual haunts on thecoast; young birds returning with them, or following soonafter; and Mr. J. H. Guruey, jun., informs the Editor thaton the 27th September, at Blakeney in Norfolk, he shot ayoung bird with some down still adhering to the neck. Onthe Earn Islands, on one occasion, Mr. Selby met with afamily of this species, the young of Avhich were scarcel
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