The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 479
inder toe,and has, in other respects, the look of theplover and dotterell, to which family itbelongs. Latham says, this bird, like the purre, andsome others, varies considerably, either fromage or the season; for those he received inAugust had the upper parts dark ash-coloured,and the feathers… … The tongue of the sandpiper is slender;toes divided, or very slightly connected at thebase by a membrane; hinder toe weak ; theirbills are nearly of the same form as those ofthe preceding species, but shorter : theirhaunts and manner of life are also very simi-lar. Latham has enumerated…
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