. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 104 BRITISH THE COMMON SANDPIPER. (Tringa hypoleucos, Lin.—La Gulgnettey Buff.) This bird weighs about two ounces, and measuresseven inches and a half in length. The bill is about aninch long, black at the tip, fading into pale browntowards the base. The head and hinder part of theneck are brownish ash, streaked downwards with darknarrow lines: the throat is white, and a streak of thesame colour surrounds and is extended over each eye :the cheeks and auriculars are streaked with brown : thefore part of the neck to the breast
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 104 BRITISH THE COMMON SANDPIPER. (Tringa hypoleucos, Lin.—La Gulgnettey Buff.) This bird weighs about two ounces, and measuresseven inches and a half in length. The bill is about aninch long, black at the tip, fading into pale browntowards the base. The head and hinder part of theneck are brownish ash, streaked downwards with darknarrow lines: the throat is white, and a streak of thesame colour surrounds and is extended over each eye :the cheeks and auriculars are streaked with brown : thefore part of the neck to the breast is white, mottled andstreaked with spots and lines of a brown colour, pointingdownwards : in some the breast is plain white : belly andvent white. The ground colour of all the upper parts ofthe plumage is ash, blended witli glossy olive bronzebrown : the coverts, scapulars, lower part of the back andtail coverts, are edged with dull white, and most elegant-ly marked with transverse dark-coloured narrow waved BRITISH BIRDS. 105 Knes : the first two quills are plain brown ; t
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