. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . 2 /•/. 59- L 147- Dunlin (Suinmer and Winter).Curlew Sandpiper (Summer and Autumn). BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 147 upper tail-coverts are white barred with black. The reddishchestnut under parts are but slightly marked with grey ; theaxillaries are white. The bill and legs are black, the iridesbrown. After the autumn moult the upper parts are ashybrown, but faintly edged with white and buff on the back ; thehead is streaked, and the pale-brown face darkest on thecheeks; the upper tail-coverts and under parts are young have the breast an
. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . 2 /•/. 59- L 147- Dunlin (Suinmer and Winter).Curlew Sandpiper (Summer and Autumn). BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 147 upper tail-coverts are white barred with black. The reddishchestnut under parts are but slightly marked with grey ; theaxillaries are white. The bill and legs are black, the iridesbrown. After the autumn moult the upper parts are ashybrown, but faintly edged with white and buff on the back ; thehead is streaked, and the pale-brown face darkest on thecheeks; the upper tail-coverts and under parts are young have the breast and flanks washed with buff, and aconsiderable amount of buff shows on the greyish-brown , 8 ins. Wing, 5i ins. Tarsus, r2 ins. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Trymgites stibnificolHs(Vieill). Sandpiper nests in Arctic America and,apparently, eastern Siberia, and winters in South America. Ithas occasionally wandered to central Europe, and has reachedEngland and Ireland, most having been seen in eastern andsouthern counties
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