_Ægialites melodus._
_Charadrius hiaticula_, +Wils.+—Aud. pl. 220.
_Charadrius melodus_, +Ord.+
[96] Length 7 inches, expanse 14¹⁄₂, flexure 4⁵⁄₈, tail 2³⁄₁₀,
rictus ⁵⁄₁₀, tarsus 1, middle toe 1⁷⁄₂₀. Intestine 14 inches: two
cæca, 1 inch long.
I have nothing to add to Wilson’s memoir of this little bird. About
the beginning of November, they arrive in Jamaica from the north;
after which they may be seen running swiftly on the mud of morasses,
and on the sea-beach, in company with Sand-pipers. They feed on small
mollusca, worms, &c.